#MeToo in Haiti

The World

Haitian comedian and playwright Gaëlle Bien-Aimé carries a strong feminist message in all her work. But it was the global #MeToo movement that emboldened her to speak out last October about how she was raped at the age of 6. Marco Werman speaks to reporter Aida Alami who traveled to Haiti to speak with Gaelle Bien-Aime about what it was like for her to speak up.

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