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Myriam Merlet, Magalie Marcelin and Anne Marie Coriolan were three of Haiti’s most forceful advocates for women’s rights. They established some of the few groups that helped Haitian women recover from domestic violence and rape, pursue justice and restart their lives. All three perished in the quake on January 12, 2010.

Haiti’s weak laws on violence against women often stymied their efforts. They joined forces with other activists in calling for legal reform to fix the many gaps in law and services. For the last two years, it has seemed that their hope of transforming Haiti’s laws to improve services for victims of domestic violence and rape remained buried in the rubble.

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