JURIST Special Guest Columnist Amanda M. Klasing, of Human
Rights Watch says that following the first anniversary of the
earthquake in Haiti, the international community and government
of Haiti should allow Haitians to participate more in decision-
making and increase accountability mechanisms... hat will happen
to us?" Guylaine asks me, with quiet resolve in her eyes. The
question is not rhetorical. A year after an earthquake rocked
Haiti and the world scrambled to respond, Guylaine and her
children live in a leaky tent in one of the informal camps that
sprouted up on the day that Haiti changed forever. Guylaine is
not alone; 20 pairs of eyes stare back at me waiting for an
answer. Each pair belongs to a woman. I don't have the answers
they seek, so I ask them what they want. Everyone begins to
shout at once, but there is consensus in the chorus. Survival.
Food. Clean water. Safe shelter. School for our children. And,
jobs. Each of these women is pregnant. Clasping their pregnant
bellies, they fight to have t