Adeline Magloire Chancy

Adeline Magloire Chancy
Adeline Chancy
Adeline Chancy in 2018
Minister on the Status and Rights of Women in Haiti
In office
29 February 2004 – 14 May 2006
PresidentBoniface Alexandre
Prime MinisterGérard Latortue
Succeeded byMarie-Laurence Josselyn Lassègue
Personal details
Born
Adeline Magloire

(1931-04-04) 4 April 1931 (age 93)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Spouse
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(m. 1955; died 2002)​
Children
Alma materUniversité d'État d'Haïti

Adeline Magloire Chancy (born 4 April 1931)[1] is a Haitian educator, feminist, and politician. She has worked to promote the recognition of Haitian Creole as a valid language in its own right.

Chancy is a founding member of the Haitian Creole Academy[2] and served as Haiti's minister for the feminine condition and women's rights from 2004 to 2006.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "CHANCY Magloire Adeline". Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Examen des rapports présentés par les États parties en application de l'article 18 de la Convention sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard des femmes" (PDF). Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (in French). 9 July 2008.