Author: Alissa Jordan
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Pri Libete
Enben, anba yon sistèm kote lavi ou koute la libète ou, kijan manman ka gen konfyans nan sistèm medikal la? Likna se yon lòt manman te pale avè nou sou kesyon sa. Li sòti okap, epi li te siviv kèk mwa andan yon loptial misyon, oubyen mwen oblije di, yon lòpital prizon. Likna pat…
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Escaping, Care, and Calling It Out
For David, Guerlande, and Naomi hospital imprisonment, much as they tried to avoid it, was becoming how birth is experienced in their family. What do they and others do to resist the valuations on human bodies that become devaluations of life itself? Guerlande remembers an incident that always stirred her emotionally. It makes her voice…
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Pran Ka Ou
Ou pa sonje Guerlande? Li menm li konn wè sistèm sa byen pre. Li pa wèl sèlman kou yon mis men kou yon sè. Nan lavi li, lòpital misyon yo nan nòd gen tan kenbe twa sè li. YOn ladan sè yo se Naomi, premye manman nan istwa sa. Guerlande pale avem sou estres, sou…
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Pascal Kakudji Yumba
Pascal Kakudji Yumba, De la séquestration des mamans insolvables et leurs enfants dans les maternités des établissements de santé de Lubumbashi : Cas de l’hôpital général Jason Sendwe in: RiA Recht in Afrika | Law in Africa | Droit en Afrique, page 78 – 96. RiA, Volume 18 (2015), Issue 1, ISSN online: 2363-6270, https://doi.org/10.5771/2363-6270-2015-1-78 This analysis (in…
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“De la séquestration des mamans insolvables et leurs enfants”
Pascal Kakudji Yumba, De la séquestration des mamans insolvables et leurs enfants dans les maternités des établissements de santé de Lubumbashi : Cas de l’hôpital général Jason Sendwe in: RiA Recht in Afrika | Law in Africa | Droit en Afrique, page 78 – 96. RiA, Volume 18 (2015), Issue 1, ISSN online: 2363-6270, https://doi.org/10.5771/2363-6270-2015-1-78 This analysis (in…
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Dr. Karen Cowgill’s Work
Karen Cowgill is an epidemiologist based in Seattle, and was a Visiting Fulbright Fellow to the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2016. She has co-authored (with Abel Ntambue) a pivotal article on hospital detention, which includes a mixed methods case study of a maternity ward in Lubumbashi. This article “Hospital detention of mothers and their…
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Masèl, Yon Fre
Masèl, fre Naomi, pale sou Whatsapp sou eksperyans pa li andan lòpital misyone ki te kenbe sè li kou prizonye pou plizye mwa. Nou chanje non li epi chanje son vwa li pou pwoteje idantite li.
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Speaking with Masèl
Masèl shared his story in original Creole over WhatsApp. For English-speaking audiences , Koby Cesar, a voice actor, provides an interpretation of Masèl’s experience.
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Meet Alissa of CEE
English Alissa Jordan is an anthropologist, filmmaker, writer, and activist born in Big Pine Key, Florida and living in Philadelphia. She is the co-host of “Birthing Resistance: Stories of Hospital Prison” and the host of “Akouchman ak Rezistans: Lòpital Pa Prizon”. She began confronting hospital detention in mission hospitals in Haiti through the advocacy and…
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Meet “Nina”, a Nurse-Midwife
Meet “Nina”, a Haitian Nurse-Midwife and a core activist and collaborator against hospital detention in Haiti. Due to current political instability, she has decided to use a pseudonym and remain anonymous.