Haiti: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper; IMF Country Report 08/115 ...

Gender Equity
The main actions identified consist of: (i) taking initiatives to introduce sex education as a way of
preventing early pregnancies and violence through new training programs, basic education, or
even basic classes; and (ii) recommending general laws on all aspects of education, with a
gender-based perspective.
With regard to health, the actions are: (i) promoting the establishment of a national plan to reduce
the level of maternal mortality and encourage the MSPP to offer women high-quality
reproductive health services; (ii) developing an information, education, and communication
strategy and services in partnership with the MSPP and non-state institutions targeting sexual and
reproductive health specially geared toward young adolescents (male and female) and women of
child-bearing age; and (iii) encouraging the MSPP to adopt a policy to provide free medical and
paramedical services in all public hospitals and health centers with a view to the prevention of
breast cancer, cervical cancer, and cancer of other female organs, particularly to women in
modest circumstances.
Pillar 3: Democratic Governance
The Haitian State should invest in democratic governance. In this regard, the DSNCRP accords
priority to modernization of the State and establishment of the rule of law, in particular in the area
of the justice system and security. The establishment of an equitable justice system and a general
climate of security are prerequisites for growth and poverty reduction.
The Justice System
In order to restore the confidence of citizens in the justice system, it would be helpful to evaluate
all judges and public prosecution officials currently working in the system from the standpoint of
academic training, professional experience, and moral and ethical standards, and to consolidate
the mechanisms for the oversight and monitoring of courts. Five main priority areas have been
identified: (i) restructuring and modernizing of the MJSP through the drafting of a new organic
law and the establishment of a Supreme Council of the Judiciary [Conseil Supérieur de la
Magistrature CSM]; (ii) restoration of the judiciary; (iii) improving access to the courts and to an
efficient court system; (iv) rehabilitation and consistent development of the incarceration system;
and (v) modernization of legislation.
Security
Combating insecurity through the restoration of the police force is therefore a key element of the
SNCRP. Six lines of action have been identified: (i) Improving the status and conditions of life
and work of the staff of the Haitian National Police (HNP); (ii) restructuring the HNP and
strengthening the chain of command structures, management, and oversight of the police force;
(iii) deploying the HNP throughout the country; (iv) continuing the clean up of the police force;
and (v) combating internal corruption and misconduct.
Modernization of the State
The rapid restoration of the capacity for action by the State and public sector in general has
become essential. The strategic approach to modernizing the state apparatus entails a
comprehensive approach structured around the following actions: (i) according a prominent role
to the development and promotion of human resources; (ii) conducting a parallel process of
managerial reform in order to lend impetus to the operations of all essential public services at the
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