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- ↑ Skard, Torild (2014) "Claudette Werleigh" in Women of power - half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press, ISBN 978-1-44731-578-0
- ↑ "Home".
- ↑ Skard (2014), pp. 264-5
- ↑ Bijoyeta Das (2011) Building bridges, building peace, the life and work of Claudette Werleigh of Haiti, University of San Diego: 2011 Women Peace Makers Programme
- ↑ Skard (2014), p. 265
- ↑ Das (2011); Skard (2014), pp. 264-5
- ↑ Haiti Info (1995)"Werleigh sworn in for 100 days", Haitian Information Bureau, 4(2), 12 November
- ↑ Das (2011); Skard (2014), pp. 264-6
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