Engage for Change
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Frantz Hyppolyte
General manager
Email: fhyppolyte@parleragir.org
A doctoral candidate in international development at the University of Ottawa, I hold a master's degree in project management from the Université du Québec en Outaouais and a master's degree in international development and globalization from the University of Ottawa. I also have a bachelor's degree in international development from the Université du Québec en Outaouais, a diploma in economics and a degree in accounting obtained in Haiti respectively at the Institut des hautes études commerciales et économiques and Infotronique d'Haïti. All this is in addition to the many years of experience accumulated in various fields, more specifically that of cooperatives (caisse populaire) and the banking sector, where I was able to access positions of great responsibility.
I had the opportunity to complete a university research internship in Haiti on the following theme: Haitian women in rural areas, their empowerment, their rights, their involvement in the development of their communities. This research internship allowed me to better understand the important role that farmers, women in particular, can play in the development process of their regions. I also had the privilege of presenting, at the invitation of professors, several conferences at the Université du Québec en Outaouais and Saint-Paul University on the following themes: women's economic empowerment; women and community development; interculturality and development; international development project management; the Haitian rural environment. I also had the privilege of being part of the ad hoc committee set up by the rectorate of the Université du Québec en Outaouais to work on inclusion and diversity within this university, and also of having been a member of the selection committee for the 2021 honorary distinctions.
Word from the Director General
Developing countries face internal structural deficits that drastically limit any development process in many of their regions. Thus, the intervention of an organization like Parler Action is very important in developing programs and projects aimed at supporting development in the most disadvantaged communities in rural areas where the majority of the poor population in these countries lives. This involves implementing methods and techniques to contribute to the success of these programs and projects with a view to improving living conditions, protecting the environment, reducing poverty and existing inequalities, through constructive exchanges that respect the cultural specificities of these countries.
In this vein, it is a question of working to promote, in our intervention areas, sustainable socio-economic development, reduce poverty, establish egalitarian relationships between women and men, and increase the security of the most vulnerable populations. In collaboration with local administrative and customary authorities, it is a question of raising awareness among farmers or local actors on the need to gradually assume their responsibility, to participate in the associative life in their communities by grouping together and especially by getting involved in local associations. More specifically, it is appropriate to encourage the active leadership of women in the socio-political life of their communities / regions, to group together in cooperatives and associations, to fight against abuses linked to patriarchy, such as: violence, impunity, discrimination, etc. This will require, in addition to economic, material, human and informational resources, close collaboration with local authorities, but also the establishment of mechanisms so that the organization's projects can benefit both men and women equally.
As the defense of the rights of women and girls is at the center of all our interventions, we will support them in their efforts towards economic empowerment and will contribute to setting up, in conjunction with local actors, mechanisms to protect their rights, by defining strategies to promote equity and gender equality in our intervention areas.