Suzy Castor (born 1936) is a

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an historian, educator and human rights activist. She was born in

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and studied social sciences at the École normale supérieure there. In Haiti in 1958 she got a diploma in social sciences from the Higher Normal School of Haiti. Castor earned a

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in history from the

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(UNAM). While living in exile in

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, she was a professor of political science and of philosophy and letters at UNAM from 1968 to 1986. In the latter year, following the fall of

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, Castor and her husband

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returned to Haiti. In the same year, the couple founded the Centre de recherches et de formation économique et sociale pour le développement. Castor has published six books and over 50 articles in various journals on subjects including the

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, relations between Haiti and the

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and the women's movement in Haiti. In 2005, she received the Juan Maria Bandres Prize for the Defense of the Right of Asylum and Solidarity with Refugees. In 2015, she was awarded the Ohtli prize by the government of Mexico. Castor was a member of Haiti's Popular Entente Party (PEP). The party was founded in 1956.From expatriation to exile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Castor, Suzy 1936 births Living people 20th-century Haitian historians Haitian women historians Haitian human rights activists Haitian women activists Women human rights activists Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico 21st-century Haitian historians