Multiple threats to children’s health, safety and well-being include recruitment into armed groups amid escalating violence and displacement. A look at what UNICEF is doing to deliver urgently ...

Haiti’s children are increasingly caught in the crossfire of gang violence, forced to carry weapons, spy on police and rival gangs and run errands for gunmen, according to a report released ...

“Gangs have caused widespread distress in Haiti. They threaten, beat, rape and kill children. They have committed multiple abuses of children’s rights, including the rights to life, to ...

(Illustration photo: Haitian children watch medical personnel from USS Kearsarge as they conduct a health assessment in their village) (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Barker / public domain ...

Millions of children in Haiti are suffering from gang violence, abuse, and the loss of basic rights, with many being recruited into gangs and forced to participate in violence, according to a ...

Gangs in Haiti are guilty of widespread crimes against children, including rape and killing, Amnesty International has said. In a new report published on Wednesday, the NGO said that escalating ...

Supported by By Frances Robles Photographs by Adriana Zehbrauskas Frances Robles interviewed dozens of parents and their children in camps for internally displaced people in Haiti. The last time ...

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 2025 (IPS) - As ongoing gang violence and unrest bring down the living conditions in Haiti, humanitarian groups sound the alarm on human rights violations and the increasing ...

Gang rule in Haiti has led to a staggering rise in sexual violence against children, the United Nations' children's organisation has warned. The Caribbean island has been in the grip of violent ...