Neoliberalism On Haitian Women

The Effects of Neoliberalism on Haitian Women

Poto Mitan, the film about five Haitian women, used Edwidge Danticat’s epilogue from “Krik? Krak!” as an organizing mechanism for the theme of the film. The film provides the global economy with a human face through the personal stories of the five women. The women’s personal stories identify how neoliberalism affects the working and living conditions, level of poverty, education, healthcare, and violence in Haiti. Ultimately, the format suggests that neoliberalism sparked the discrimination and oppression of Haitian women, because the film identifies how each of the two problems affects them significantly. For example, the film describes how the women are being discriminated and oppressed in the educational environment as a consequence of neoliberalism. Women are denied the opportunity to attend school, because of their gender or unaffordability, which gives rise to education rationing that favors males at the expense of females. Also, only a small

This depiction explains how the women are connected throughout the many generations. The women are connected through the struggles represented by neoliberalism and the results of it reflect the living and working conditions of Haiti. For instance, the women are working and living in poor conditions, because the cost of living has increased and the minimum wage has significantly decreased. Also, the film showcases the uneven distribution of wealth between the upper and lower class, with no middle class. Eventually, the film identifies the women as the pillars of their community, household, and workplace, as the women have a huge responsibility to fulfill all of these requirements. This profound responsibility subjects the women to become the target of some men who cannot find work, and this creates violence against