Slavery is still widespread in Haiti today. According to the 2014 Global Slavery Index, Haiti has an estimated 237,700 enslaved persons[78] making it the country with the second-highest prevalence of slavery in the world, behind only Mauritania.[79] Haiti has more human trafficking than any other Central or South American country.[80] According to the United States Department of State 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report, "Haiti is a major source, passage, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex slavery."[81]
A UN Security Council study in 2006 reported 35,000 sexual assaults against women and girls between 2004 and 2006.[1] The UN reported in 2006 that half of the women living in the capital city Port au Prince's slums had been raped.
A 2009 study reported that up to 225,000 Haitian children are forced to work as domestic servants, and are at grave risk of rape at the hands of their captors.[6] The children, known as restaveks, are traded into other households by their families, exchanging the children's labor for upbringing.[6][7] Two thirds of restaveks are female, and most of them come from very poor families and are given to better-off ones.[6] Restaveks who are young and female are particularly likely to be victimized sexually.[8] Female restaveks are sometimes referred to as "la pou sa" which translates to "there for that"—'that' being the sexual pleasure of the males of the family with whom they are staying.[9]
Until 2005, rape was classified in Haitian law as a "crime against public morals", a lesser crime than assault.[4] Prior to the implementation of the 2005 law, rape had not been a punishable offense.[5] A rapist could avoid jail time by agreeing to marry the victim[15] or by paying her family.[16]
*Due to the entrenched attitudes about women in the society, law enforcement personnel such as police and judges frequently do not take violence against women and children seriously and do not make great effort to enforce laws against it*.[12]
Haiti- Both times the first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was ousted, his enemies assassinated his male supporters and raped their wives and daughters.
...The 21-year-old said her family has received no food aid because the Haitian men handing out coupons for food distribution demand sexual favors.
...Rape was a big problem in Haiti even before the earthquake and frequently was used as a political weapon in times of upheaval.
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