6 days ago · Haiti has also experienced a 150 per cent surge in kidnappings with gangs increasingly targeting children. The report raised alarm over widespread sexual violence, with at least 94 cases of rape and sexual exploitation documented in the last quarter alone.

4 days ago · Unicef has created mobile safe spaces in Haiti to try to support children, and to prevent sexual violence. But last year, when it appealed for $221.4m (£177.8m) to fund its work in Haiti, it ...

3 days ago · Amid surging violence and what the U.N. describes as "rampant sexual violence," more than 100 Kenyan police arrived in Haiti's capital on Thursday to reinforce a security mission. Its future has ...

3 days ago · “There has been a staggering 1,000 per cent rise in sexual violence against children in Haiti, which has turned their bodies into battlegrounds. The 10-fold rise, recorded from 2023 to last year, comes as armed groups inflict unimaginable horrors on children. Almost equally staggering is how little coverage this gruesome statistic has ...

4 days ago · GENEVA, 7 February 2025 – “A staggering 1,000 per cent rise in sexual violence against children in Haiti has turned their bodies into battlegrounds. The 10-fold rise, recorded from 2023 to last year, comes as armed groups inflict unimaginable horrors on children. ... “And as noted, sexual violence is rampant. The abhorrence of an attack ...

Sexual violence in Haiti is a common phenomenon today, making it a public health problem. [1] [2] Being raped is considered shameful in Haitian society, and victims may find themselves abandoned by loved ones or with reduced marriageability. Until 2005, rape was not legally considered a serious crime and a rapist could avoid jail by marrying ...

3 days ago · GENEVA, 7 February 2025 – “A staggering 1,000 per cent rise in sexual violence against children in Haiti has turned their bodies into battlegrounds.The 10-fold rise, recorded from 2023 to last year, comes as armed groups inflict unimaginable horrors on children.

Oct 14, 2022 · Armed gangs have used rape and collective rapes to instill fear, punish, subjugate, and inflict pain on local populations. Viewed as sexual objects, women, girls, and sometimes men, are also coerced into becoming the “partners” of armed elements, in gang strongholds.

Mar 28, 2024 · The UN human rights office described sexual violence in Haiti as “severely underreported and largely unpunished” in a harrowing report released Thursday that documented cases of rape and ...

Jan 18, 2024 · Now, women are facing a tragedy of sexual violence in their own neighborhoods. Many have fled the country. In 2023 alone, close to 200,000 Haitians were detained trying to get to the US by land or sea.