Meet Madame Petit: DINEPA’s Director of Sanitation

During this Women’s History Month, we are celebrating the often unheard voices of Haitian women working in sanitation and celebrating those who were selected as 2023 Women in Sanitation nominees. Recently we had the opportunity to speak with Edwige Petit, Director of Sanitation at the Haitian Sanitation Authority (DINEPA), about her life and her job and what it’s like to be a woman working in sanitation. Interviewer: Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?  Edwige: I am the head of sanitation at DINEPA. I am a Haitian citizen who has big dreams for my country. I am an advocate for the environment and also a mother who is working to ...