Haitians living in fear 'under the tent'By

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/18/world/americas/cnnheroes-haiti-rape/index.html?hpt=hp_c1


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"Two years after the earthquake, it is still the same," she said. "The people are still under the tent, they don't have electricity, they are getting raped."

Nearly 370,000 people remain in displacement camps, according to the U.N. And gruesome reports of violence, inadequate health care and substandard living conditions have painted a picture of horror and hopelessness.

In one study, published in January by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (PDF), 14% of households reported that at least one member of the household had been a victim of sexual violence since the earthquake. And 70% of households surveyed said they were now more worried about sexual violence.

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High numbers of adolescent girls are engaging in what they call "transactional sex" for shelter and food, d'Adesky said. Many of those interviewed claimed they had never sold sex before, but the earthquake had left them no option.




this is an on-going tragedy. There was at least one poster who claimed there were no rapes because she was opposed to the presence of US troops in the near aftermath of the quake.