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1986 WINGS #02-86 June Newscast

1. 10,000 Haitian Women Protest Exclusion from New Constitution. A Mass Demonstration of Women in Haiti, and counter-demonstration by Haitian Men. Report by Elsie Etheart, a reporter at Notre Dame d'Haiti radio network in Miami on the march that began with over 10,000 women saying that women are 100% human and must be represented in decision-making. By the end, the singing crowd was over 40,000 strong. Some men demonstrated in support of the women and some against. As of this report, women were still not being included in any government decisions. They had been working for rights for 5 years. …