Les organisations venant en aide aux enfants en domesticité en Haïti : obstacles à l’intervention et pistes de solutions

Ce mémoire porte sur les enfants en domesticité en Haïti, plus précisément sur les organisations qui leur viennent en aide. Il cherche à comprendre les obstacles auxquels elles sont confrontées, en plus de prendre connaissance des initiatives qu’elles mènent dans la lutte contre la domesticité infantile. Cette recherche fut menée en Haïti, auprès de dix acteurs sociaux œuvrant au sein d’organisations – pour la plupart locales – venant en aide aux enfants en domesticité et leur famille. Les résultats de cette recherche montrent que les obstacles rencontrés par ces organisations sont attribuables aux différentes perceptions de la domesticité infantile en Haïti, à l’État haïtien ainsi qu’à la présence de l’aide internationale au pays. Cette recherche démontre que les solutions envisagées par les organisations pour lutter contre la domesticité infantile se situent à la fois en amont du phénomène (dans les communautés reculées) qu’en aval (auprès des enfants en domesticité et leur famille d’accueil). Les obstacles et les solutions présentés dans ce mémoire sont analysés selon le cadre théorique critique; les conditions de vie des familles d’enfants en domesticité en Haïti étant intrinsèquement liées aux contextes sociohistorique, politique et économique du pays. La conclusion de ce mémoire porte sur la pertinence de l’approche d’organisation communautaire, favorisée par certaines organisations locales en Haïti, pour lutter contre les mécanismes d’oppression subis par les familles d’enfants en domesticité en Haïti.This thesis focuses on domestic children in Haiti, specifically on organizations that support them. It seeks to understand the barriers they face, in addition to gaining an understanding of the initiatives they undertake in the fight against child domesticity. This research was conducted in Haiti, alongside ten aid workers working in organizations – for the most part local – supporting domestic children and their families. The results of this research show that the barriers experienced by these organizations are due to the different perceptions of child domesticity in Haiti, the Haitian government and the presence of international aid in the country. This research demonstrates that the solutions envisioned by the organizations to fight against child domesticity can be found both upstream of the phenomenon (in remote communities) and downstream (with domestic children and their host families). The obstacles and solutions presented in this thesis are analyzed using the critical theoretical framework; the living conditions of the families of domestic children in Haiti are intrinsically linked to the country’s socio-historical, political and economic contexts. The conclusion of this thesis focuses on the relevance of community organizations’ approach, aided by local organizations in Haiti, to fight against the mechanisms of oppression suffered by the families of domestic children in Haiti.Dokiman sa se yon memwa, sa vle di yon rechèch ke yon moun fè e ke li chwazi ekri e prezante rezilta li jwenn yo nan lide pou li fè lòt moun konnen sa li tap chèche a. Dokiman sila pale sou kesyon timoun an ayiti ke yo bay ti non “restavèk”, li sitou pale de òganizasyon ki abitye bay èd a timoun sa yo. Memwa sa ap chèche konprann ki jan de pwoblèm ke òganizasyon sa yo ap andire, anplis lap chèche konnen tou ki kalite aktivite ke òganizasyon sa yo rive reyalize nan batay ke yap mennen kont koze restavèk la. Rechèch sa te reyalize nan peyi Dayiti avèk patisipasyon moun kap travay nan òganizasyon, sitou sila yo rele òganizasyon lokal yo, ki abitye pote sipò a timoun restavèk yo ak fanmiy yo tou. Rezilta rechèch sa montre ke plizyè fason ke yo konprann koze restavèk la, leta ayisyen ak prezans èd entènasyonal nan peyi a lakòz ke òganizasyon yo rankontre anpil obstak. Anplis, rechèch sa a montre aklè ke solisyon ke òganizasyon kap lite kont zafè timoun restavèk yo chita alafwa de kote ki se nan seksyon riral yo oubyen nan zòn andeyò yo kote timoun sa yo soti e ak bò kote timoun yo menm nan fanmiy ki akeyi yo a. Obstak ak solisyon ke nou prezante nan memwa sa te analize selon sa moun ki save yo rele kad teyorik kritik ki fè konnen ke kondisyon lavi timoun restavèk yo nan peyi Dayiti mare kòd lonbrit li ak kontèks sosyal, istorik, politik, ekonomik peyi a. Daprè rezilta rechèch la, memwa sa vle atire atansyon nou sou nesesite ki genyen pou ke òganizasyon lokal yo jwenn plis bourad ak plis sipò nan lide pou yo ka vin n pi fò e ka kontinye lite pi byen kont zafè restavèk la nan peyi Dayiti

Polyfuran Conducting Polymers: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications.

In this review, polyfuran (PFu) synthesis methods and the nucleation mechanism; the electrochemical, structural, morphological, and magnetic properties of PFu; thermal behavior; theoretical calculations on PFu, as well as its applications reported to date, have been compiled. Not only PFu homopolymers have been reviewed, but also PFu co-polymers, PFu bipolymers, and PFu composites. The results are listed, discussed, and compared. It is hoped that this assembly of all the relevant data might enhance knowledge about this conducting polymer and lead to new research fields

Investigations on the Mechanical Properties of Conducting Polymer Coating-Substrate Structures and Their Influencing Factors

This review covers recent advances and work on the microstructure features, mechanical properties and cracking processes of conducting polymer film/coating- substrate structures under different testing conditions. An attempt is made to characterize and quantify the relationships between mechanical properties and microstructure features. In addition, the film cracking mechanism on the micro scale and some influencing factors that play a significant role in the service of the film-substrate structure are presented. These investigations cover the conducting polymer film/coating nucleation process, microstructure-fracture characterization, translation of brittle-ductile fractures, and cracking processes near the largest inherent macromolecule defects under thermal-mechanical loadings, and were carried out using in situ scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations, as a novel method for evaluation of interface strength and critical failure stress

Sensing and Tactile Artificial Muscles from Reactive Materials

Films of conducting polymers can be oxidized and reduced in a reversible way. Any intermediate oxidation state determines an electrochemical equilibrium. Chemical or physical variables acting on the film may modify the equilibrium potential, so that the film acts as a sensor of the variable. The working potential of polypyrrole/DBSA (Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid) films, oxidized or reduced under constant currents, changes as a function of the working conditions: electrolyte concentration, temperature or mechanical stress. During oxidation, the reactive material is a sensor of the ambient, the consumed electrical energy being the sensing magnitude. Devices based on any of the electrochemical properties of conducting polymers must act simultaneously as sensors of the working conditions. Artificial muscles, as electrochemical actuators constituted by reactive materials, respond to the ambient conditions during actuation. In this way, they can be used as actuators, sensing the surrounding conditions during actuation. Actuating and sensing signals are simultaneously included by the same two connecting wires

Electrochemically synthesized polymers in molecular imprinting for chemical sensing

This critical review describes a class of polymers prepared by electrochemical polymerization that employs the concept of molecular imprinting for chemical sensing. The principal focus is on both conducting and nonconducting polymers prepared by electropolymerization of electroactive functional monomers, such as pristine and derivatized pyrrole, aminophenylboronic acid, thiophene, porphyrin, aniline, phenylenediamine, phenol, and thiophenol. A critical evaluation of the literature on electrosynthesized molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) applied as recognition elements of chemical sensors is presented. The aim of this review is to highlight recent achievements in analytical applications of these MIPs, including present strategies of determination of different analytes as well as identification and solutions for problems encountered