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Vivianne Roc

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2021-02-22

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2021-02-22

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1. “Funds should be made available to women who have suffered domestic violence to put distance between them and perpetrators and to help them become independent. Funding should be provided to organizations like mine that work towards more sustainable peace. Protection networks for young people building peace at the local level should be established so they may continue their important work without fear on a daily basis. Without them, we truly have nothing. It is thanks to my journey that I have come to be here before you to share my message. I hope my statement touches you and does not put me in danger. While I feel a little of that fear I described earlier, I also feel hopeful, as you can hear in the message of my voice — hopeful that among the powerful are those brave enough to push for the changes needed for lasting peace in Haiti.”

   2021-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/174 (2021) · source

2. “Rehabilitation centres for young prisoners should be established, to help them learn skills so they can find work, have a place to live after having served their sentences and reintegrate into society. Social and educational programmes should be developed to allow young people to socialize and learn about subjects such as peacebuilding, human rights and conflict transformation. Controls should be strengthened against trafficking in illicit arms and substances in Haiti. Support centres for the victims of gang persecution and violence, also providing psycho-emotional support for those close to them, should be set up. A call centre for women suffering domestic violence should be set up to provide assistance to them in the fastest way possible.”

   2021-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/174 (2021) · source

3. “A message to young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods: “You are no longer alone: Plurielles, with the help of the United Network of Young Peacebuilders, is there to support you”. There are many young people like me in Haiti who, despite their experiences, obstacles, risks, poverty and the gang culture, are working to uphold the values of peace, equality and social justice. Some do so through organizations such as the Youth Advisory Council, another member of the United Network of Young Peacebuilders. We face numerous challenges in our work and in everyday lives in Haiti. Allow me therefore to put forward the following several recommendations, which I hope will be given serious consideration by the Haitian Government and the international community.”

   2021-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/174 (2021) · source

4. “Established in 2010 following the devastating earthquake, the organization focuses its resources on helping young people and their communities build independence with a view to developing plans and activities to solve socioeconomic and environmental problems. Our programming includes large awareness-raising campaigns, skills development S/2021/174 S/2021/174 for young people on conflict management, training for community leaders on violence, conflict and the causes of violence. Plurielles seeks to contribute what it can to this society and to these young people who, like me, have experienced horrific things, to these young people who have things to say, or are even looking for answers and want to emerge from the darkness.”

   2021-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/174 (2021) · source

5. “I want to be the voice of the young people of the ghetto. I am taking on the realities of my life, and I want to fight and show the way to other young people who share them. My name is Vivianne Roc. I am 23 years old. And I live in Haiti. Thus I introduce you to Plurielles, an ecofeminist organization of young people that recently joined the United Network of Young Peacebuilders to help improve the climate of peace and security in Haiti. As an organization, Plurielles is devoted to helping women become independent, to gender equity, to youth equality and to promoting peace and volunteer work in Haiti. Plurielles, believing in youth as an important and essential resource for development, dedicates itself to developing strategies to engage young people and facilitate their participation in the development process.”

   2021-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/174 (2021) · source

6. “Many people have died, including some friends, some neighbours or just someone familiar at a distance. But, despite all of this, we have stayed, in the hope that the area could change — that, despite all this violence it was a good place to live. That was until last year, when everything got worse and I had to flee my home yet again. Last year I had to live through things I would never wish upon anyone. The young woman before you today is outraged by the winds of insecurity that batter her country. She is part of no political movement, makes no public appearances and certainly seeks no notoriety. She is simply tired of living in fear. The little girl inside her is simply fed up of living in fear of getting hit by a bullet, of getting attacked or of being kidnapped. Today I am no longer ashamed of where I come from.”

   2021-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/174 (2021) · source

7. “I was just a child at the time, so did not understand why I could no longer go home; all I knew was that I had to accept it and not talk about it, to avoid being singled out at school as a child who lived in a ghetto. For that was my life, and I was terribly ashamed of it. Day by day, banditry and gang violence became ever-larger features of my life, until they became almost normal. Clashes between gangs are frequent, much more so than those between gangs and law enforcement. The area where I live has become a so-called zone of lawlessness. Everyone knew what was happening there but no one dared speak about it, much less intervene. There have been more than a few deaths in front of my home. The blood always eventually disappears from the asphalt but never from my memory.”

   2021-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/174 (2021) · source

8. “Insecurity is a word I know all too well; I have dealt with it since childhood. I was 6 years old when I had to witness a man’s death. All I remember are the shots fired and the man lying on the ground, soaked in his own blood. I was terrified that day. I did not understand what had just happened, and neither did anyone bother to explain it to me. That was my very first scene of violence but, lamentably, would not be my last. A few months after that incident, my family moved, and, unfortunately, nothing changed; indeed, things got worse. Later, in 2006, we had to abandon our home as quickly as possible because of fighting among gangs. We had to flee, or else we could have become part of the collateral damage.”

   2021-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/174 (2021) · source