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Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Haiti who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 23 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 28, 2024, 7:26 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2

"'The gruesome testimonies shared by victims underscore the imperative for urgent action to stop this depraved behaviour, ensure that those responsible are held to account, and the victims are provided support'" (para 4). "Ensuring immediate access to adequate medical and psychosocial care to prevent further physical and psychological harm is a crucial first step towards victims’ rehabilitation. Victims are also entitled to remedy, including access to justice and reparation. However, the efforts of national and international actors working in this field to guarantee the rights of survivors have generally been insufficient due to multiple challenges and barriers detailed in this report. The report emphasizes that national authorities, the United Nations...more
Jan. 28, 2024, 7:26 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"The report, titled 'Sexual violence in Port-au-Prince: a weapon used by gangs to instill fear', was jointly published by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)" (para 2). "'Gangs use sexual violence to instill fear, and alarmingly the number of cases increases by the day as the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Haiti deepens,' Nada Al-Nashif, the Acting Human Rights Chief said" (para 3). "The report painstakingly documents sexual crimes perpetrated against women, girls and boys of all ages, as well as to a lesser extent men, by gangs waging their turf wars and seeking...more
Jan. 28, 2024, 7:26 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

"'The gruesome testimonies shared by victims underscore the imperative for urgent action to stop this depraved behaviour, ensure that those responsible are held to account, and the victims are provided support'" (para 4). "Ensuring immediate access to adequate medical and psychosocial care to prevent further physical and psychological harm is a crucial first step towards victims’ rehabilitation. Victims are also entitled to remedy, including access to justice and reparation. However, the efforts of national and international actors working in this field to guarantee the rights of survivors have generally been insufficient due to multiple challenges and barriers detailed in this report" (para 9). This quote shows that there is an...more
Jan. 28, 2024, 7:26 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"PORT-AU-PRINCE/GENEVA (14 October 2022) - Children as young as 10 and elderly women have been subjected to sexual violence – including collective rapes for hours in front of their parents or children by more than half a dozen armed elements – amid an explosion of gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, a UN human rights report published today finds" (para 1). '"Gangs use sexual violence to instill fear, and alarmingly the number of cases increases by the day as the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Haiti deepens,' Nada Al-Nashif, the Acting Human Rights Chief said" (para 3). "The report painstakingly documents sexual crimes perpetrated against women, girls and boys...more
Jan. 28, 2024, 7:26 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"'Gangs use sexual violence to instill fear, and alarmingly the number of cases increases by the day as the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Haiti deepens,' Nada Al-Nashif, the Acting Human Rights Chief said" (para 3). "The report painstakingly documents sexual crimes perpetrated against women, girls and boys of all ages, as well as to a lesser extent men, by gangs waging their turf wars and seeking to expand their areas of influence. LGBTI+ people have also been targeted" (para 5). "The report further highlights that sexual violence occurs in the context of kidnappings, when some women and girls are repeatedly subjected to rape, by one or multiple armed...more
Jan. 28, 2024, 7:26 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1

"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. Refusing such sexual demands can lead to reprisals including killing and arson attacks" (para 6). "The report further highlights that sexual violence occurs in the context of kidnappings, when some women and girls are repeatedly subjected to rape, by one or multiple armed captors, at times over the course of several days or weeks. The kidnappers have even used recorded videos of the rapes to press the victims’ families...more
Jan. 28, 2024, 7:26 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"Between January and July 2022, the report’s authors conducted more than 90 interviews with victims and witnesses of incidents in Port-au-Prince, as well as with service providers, community-based organizations, national and international nongovernmental organizations, and representatives of the Government of Haiti, with a view to verifying the abuses documented" (para 12).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Haiti was 350 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Haiti is 62.1% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 10, 2024, 9:05 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law provides for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Décret portant réforme des régimes matrimoniaux du 9 avril 2020, Arts. 1186-1193.
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Haiti is 66 years for women and 60 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Haiti is 63.3 years for men and 64.8 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2

"As Haiti’s toxic slate of gangs continue to plunder the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation, kidnapping, displacing and extorting civilians with nothing left to give, they are increasingly weaponizing women’s bodies in their war for control" (para 5).
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1

"She was 19, not ready to be a mother. But the young Haitian’s life changed when she was walking home from class on the dusty streets of a gang-controlled area of Haiti’s capital last year" (para 2) Since the commute to and from home and school is clearly dangerous, parents may be hesitant to send their children to school (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "Months later, she learned that she was pregnant. In an instant, her dreams of studying and economically lifting her family dissolved" (para 4) Pregnancy seems to pose a threat to the attainment of formal education, since presumably there are few societal aid systems that would provide childcare,...more
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1

"Compounding that is severe underreporting, making it difficult for any authority to grasp the full extent of the damage. Women fear gangs will seek revenge on them and trust Haitian police just about as much" (para 16). "The country’s current government, which many view as illegitimate, declined to comment on what it is doing to address the issue" (para 17). "When she tried to report the rape to police, they told her that they didn’t handle gang cases" (para 28).
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1

"Months later, she learned that she was pregnant. In an instant, her dreams of studying and economically lifting her family dissolved" (para 4).
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-LAW-1

"As Haiti’s toxic slate of gangs continue to plunder the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation, kidnapping, displacing and extorting civilians with nothing left to give, they are increasingly weaponizing women’s bodies in their war for control" (para 5). Since this seems like a systemic and long-running issue, Haiti must not have specific laws that prohibit the use of women's bodies as weapons of war (MCP - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1

"As Haiti’s toxic slate of gangs continue to plunder the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation, kidnapping, displacing and extorting civilians with nothing left to give, they are increasingly weaponizing women’s bodies in their war for control" (para 5)."Compounding that is severe underreporting, making it difficult for any authority to grasp the full extent of the damage. Women fear gangs will seek revenge on them and trust Haitian police just about as much" (para 16). If the police force is also perpetrating these crimes, that signifies a degree of acceptance by the governing body (MCP - CODER COMENT). "The country’s current government, which many view as illegitimate, declined to comment on what it...more
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3

"Compounding that is severe underreporting, making it difficult for any authority to grasp the full extent of the damage. Women fear gangs will seek revenge on them and trust Haitian police just about as much" (para 16). By participating in the weaponization of women's bodies, the police and by extention the government is encouraging further perpetration of these crimes (MCP - CODER COMMENT). The country’s current government, which many view as illegitimate, declined to comment on what it is doing to address the issue (para 17).
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1

"That fear has rippled across Port-au-Prince. Parents hesitate to send their children to school, worried they could be kidnapped or raped by gangs. By night, the buzzing streets of the city empty" (para 12). "For women especially, going outside the house is a risk. So is fleeing: Gangs use the threat of rape to stop communities from abandoning the areas they control" (para 13). "'Sexual violence is a way to paralyze, to scare people. The minute there’s an increase in sexual violence, everyone stops moving, people don’t go to work because they’re scared,' Michel said. 'It’s a weapon, it’s a way to send a message'" (para 24).
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"For women especially, going outside the house is a risk. So is fleeing: Gangs use the threat of rape to stop communities from abandoning the areas they control" (para 13). "'Sexual violence is a way to paralyze, to scare people. The minute there’s an increase in sexual violence, everyone stops moving, people don’t go to work because they’re scared,' Michel said. 'It’s a weapon, it’s a way to send a message'" (para 24).
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3

"Compounding that is severe underreporting, making it difficult for any authority to grasp the full extent of the damage. Women fear gangs will seek revenge on them and trust Haitian police just about as much" (para 16). "The country’s current government, which many view as illegitimate, declined to comment on what it is doing to address the issue" (para 17) Since the government is not commenting on or acknowledging the issue of rape by gangs within Haiti, victime have few to no safe means to report violence and get justice (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "When she tried to report the rape to police, they told her that they didn’t handle...more
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2

"Compounding that is severe underreporting, making it difficult for any authority to grasp the full extent of the damage. Women fear gangs will seek revenge on them and trust Haitian police just about as much" (para 16) A trend of underreporting must mean that victims are not encounraged to come forward and report their abuses, which means that victims are dismissed upon making claims of sexual and gang violence (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "The country’s current government, which many view as illegitimate, declined to comment on what it is doing to address the issue" (para 17) Since the government is not commenting on or acknowledging the issue of rape by...more
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"As Haiti’s toxic slate of gangs continue to plunder the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation, kidnapping, displacing and extorting civilians with nothing left to give, they are increasingly weaponizing women’s bodies in their war for control" (para 5). "'They’re running out of tools to control people,' said Renata Segura, deputy director for Latin America and the Caribbean for International Crisis Group. 'They extort, but there’s only so much money that can be extorted from people that are really poor. This is the one thing they have they can inflict on the population'" (para 11). "That fear has rippled across Port-au-Prince. Parents hesitate to send their children to school, worried they could be...more