Virginelle and Katie have been friends for as long as they can remember. They both moved to the United States from Haiti and, ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Haitian Girls Experiencing Alarming Rise in Sexual Violence A report published ...

Sexual violence against children in Haiti soared tenfold last ... which last Wednesday said it had interviewed 10 Haitian girls who had been victims of gang rape. Several of them, the rights ...

Haiti’s children are increasingly caught in the crossfire ... according to Amnesty International. Girls and young women also have been collectively raped by gang members and infected with ...

[Photo, AFP] Sexual violence against children in violence-ravaged Haiti soared tenfold last year ... He cited the case of 16-year-old girl, Rosaline, who was abducted by armed men.

and violence against women and girls, and have comprehensive plans for continued post-deployment training. The child rights organization is also calling on the international community to urgently ...

After sharing the latest displacement data, Ulrika Richardson, the UN’s top aid official in Haiti, insisted on Thursday that youngsters continue to bear the brunt of the crisis.

Girls and young women also have been ... Amnesty International called on the Haitian government to better support children, restore education, provide mental health services, and resume court ...

In Haiti, years of chaos and instability have brought the country to the brink of collapse. More than 1 million people, nearly 10 percent of the population, have been displaced. Now, as the Trump ...

In 2025, the humanitarian crisis in Haiti has grown increasingly dire amid the ongoing gang wars. With rates of displacement, child recruitment, food insecurity, physical violence, and sexual violence ...

As the growing violence in Haiti directly impacts more and more children and teenagers ... supported safe house with more than a dozen other girls, all receiving care," Elder said.

access to life-saving health services in Haiti are in jeopardy. Ali Rogin speaks with James Elder of UNICEF about the effect on Haiti’s children.