UNICEF has warned that the gang rule in Haiti led to an amazing rise in sexual violence against children.
The United Nations said that the Caribbean island was in the grip of violent gangs for several years, and the residents were treated brutally unworthy.
According to UNICEF, sexual violence against children has increased by 1000 % since 2023, as their bodies have turned into the “battlefield”.
The organization estimates that 85 % of the Capital Port-UU-PRINCE is under gang control, and more than a million children live the constant threat of violence.
Mr. Eder presented an example of a 16 -year -old girl who left the house to shop, seized by the armed men, struck, drugged, and raped over and over again.
He said she was detained for about a month, until the gang allowed her to leave when they realized that her family had no money to pay a ransom (kidnapping to extort is common in Haiti).
She is now in a United Nations shelter with dozens of other girls who get care.
Gang control in Port or Prince led to a complete collapse of the law and order, the collapse of health services and the emergence of the food security crisis.
More than 5,600 people were killed in gang violence in Haiti last year alone.
It seems that the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti – the body that was established to organize the elections and re -establish the democratic system – is in a state of turmoil.
TPC replaced the interim Prime Minister in November and appears to have made great progress towards organizing long elections.
UNICEF said that children are also recruited by gangs, sometimes by force.
The organization encountered eight -year -old children's gang members.
The basics of Haition children need natural childhood, even if they are still at home with their families, almost not exist. Schools, hospitals and tens of thousands of children are hardly operating in school.
UNICEF has created safe spaces for mobile phones in Haiti to try to support children and prevent sexual violence.
But last year, when he resumed her for $ 221.4 million (177.8 million pounds) to finance her business in Haiti, he only received a quarter.
Now, as the United States freezes on external aid that affects humanitarian projects all over the world, Haiti's needs are likely to be neglected again.
