Yale Divinity School and Grace Initiative Global

UN CSW 70 Parallel Event:

Restorative Justice Strategies for Haitian Women Internally Displaced

17 March 2026 at the Scandinavia House, New York,

Restorative Justice Strategies for Internally Displaced Women -

A Transformative Path

Speakers Dr. Gregory Sterling, Dean Yale Divinity School; Yvonne Lodico, Grace Initiative Global, Founder; Diego Osoro and Vivian Valencia, Ph.D, Université du Quebec à Montreal, on Humanitarian Food Strategies; Nicole Hosein, Episcopal Relief an Development; Jason Pope, PhD. World Evangelical Alliance; Sunil Pope, International Development Law Organization; Ambassador Isaac Chabala.

As international and regional stakeholders intensify efforts to restore stability in Haiti, including the deployment of security operations to address armed violence, displacement patterns escalate, with violence being deeply gendered. Experience from comparable stabilization contexts indicates that enforcement measures—while necessary—can coincide with increased civilian displacement, often outpacing the development of adequate protection, justice, and accountability mechanisms.

While international security measures are essential to address urgent threats, durable peace requires systems that uphold dignity, rebuild relationships, and reinforce community-based protection mechanisms. This proposed project envisages: Principles Survivor-Centered Approach; Food Systems as social infrastructure

Principles Survivor-Centered Approach: The project prioritizes victim healing over perpetrator rehabilitation (also very important), focusing on restoring dignity, agency, and economic empowerment for internally displaced Haitian women Holistic Integration.

Food Systems as Social Infrastructure: Agriculture and food sovereignty serve as entry points for rebuilding social fabric, economic capacity, ecological stewardship, and community cohesion in fragile environments.

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