Journalist Antoinette Duclaire was born 39 years ago

Thirty-nine years ago, on 31 October 1987, Antoinette Duclaire was born in Chantal, not far from Les Cayes. Nicknamed Netty, she was a journalist, a feminist activist and a political activist.

A Committed Voice

After studying with the Sisters of Sainte-Jeanne de Chantal and at the Collège Saint-Jean in Les Cayes, she studied anthropology and sociology at the Faculty of Ethnology of the State University of Haiti, then began studying law. As a consultant, she worked with Radio Télé Pacific and hosted the programme Ti Bat Bouch on Radio Sans Frontière. She was active in Matris Liberasyon, Nou Pap Dòmi and the Solidarité des femmes haïtiennes journalistes (SOFEHJ). She also co-founded the online outlet La Repiblik Magazine, which she ran.

A Murder

On the night of 29 to 30 June 2021, she was shot dead at the wheel of her vehicle by armed men on rue Acacia in Christ-Roi, along with journalist Diego Charles. According to the Réseau national de défense des droits humains, she was hit by seven bullets.

Tributes

In July 2021, journalists' associations and Radio Vision 2000 held a Mass in her memory, and SOFEHJ paid tribute to her at the Penn Center of Haiti. In 2022, she was posthumously awarded the Fanm Angaje pou Ayiti prize on 8 March.