Engage for Change
Frantz Hyppolyte
General manager
Email: fhyppolyte@parleragir.org
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Doctoral candidate in international development at the University of Ottawa, I hold a master's degree in project management from the University of Quebec in 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 obtained at the University of Quebec in Outaouais also a diploma in economics and a license in accounting obtained in Haiti respectively at the Institute of Higher Commercial and Economic Studies and Infotronique d'Haiti . All this is in addition to the many years of experience accumulated in various fields, more specifically that of cooperatives (credit union) and the banking sector, where I was able to access positions of great responsibility.
I had the opportunity to carry out 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 at Saint Paul University on the following themes: the economic empowerment of women; women and community development; interculturality and development; international development project management; rural Haiti. 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 to have served as a member of the 2021 Honors Selection Committee.
Word from the General Manager
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/Agir is very important in the development of programs and projects aimed at supporting development among the most disadvantaged communities in rural areas where the majority of the poor population of these areas lives. country. This involves the implementation of 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 order of ideas, it is a question of working to promote, in our areas of intervention, sustainable socio-economic development, reduce poverty, establish egalitarian relations between women and men, and increase the security of most vulnerable populations. In collaboration with the local administrative and customary authorities, it is a question of raising the awareness of the peasants or the local actors on the need to gradually assume their responsibility, to participate in the associative life in their communities by grouping together and above all by committing in local associations. More specifically, it is necessary to encourage the active leadership of women in the socio-political life of their communities / regions, to come 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 equitably as much as to men and women.
As the defense of the rights of women and young girls is at the center of all our interventions, we will support them in their economic empowerment efforts and contribute to setting up, together with local actors, mechanisms to protect their rights. , by defining in our areas of intervention, strategies to promote equity and gender equality.