In 2004 werd VN vredesmacht MINUSTAH op poten gezet om de situatie in het chaotisch turbulente Haïti te stabiliseren, deze missie duurde voort tot 2017 en werd verder ingezet voor hulp na de grote aardbeving in 2010, waarbij een groot deel van het bebouwde gebied in Haïti werd vernield.
Toen na onderzoek bleek dat veel blauwhelmen verantwoordelijk waren voor de vreselijke misdaad die verkrachting heet en dat een groot aantal slachtoffers daardoor zwanger was geraakt, werden deze militairen met spoed naar huis gestuurd (veelal Brazilië)…..
They survived an earthquake, then they were raped by those meant to help them
“Peacekeepers” Came to This Country, Fathered Hundreds of Children, and Deserted Them
Andrew M., Care2 Action Alerts
Launched in 2004, the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, or MINUSTAH, was the U.N.’s longest mission in a politically tumultuous and impoverished Haiti. The mission brought almost 5,000 personnel to the country, mainly from Brazil. The same year that the mission was officially halted, 2017, researchers interviewed locals to get a better idea of the experiences of young women and girls in the areas where U.N. personnel were stationed.
Their discoveries were shocking.10% of locals interviewed about the presence of the U.N. peacekeepers spoke of children fathered by the forces.
Many of these children were products of rape or purchased sexual encounters; the report notes that some of the girls taken advantage of were as young as 11 years old.When the pregnancies were discovered, the men responsible were not encouraged to support the expecting mothers who were already in a vulnerable situation. Instead, officials spirited them back to their home countries,
leaving the new mothers to fend for themselves.The U.N. has shown a shameful lack of support for these cases. While the organization claims to have a zero-tolerance policy relating to sexual misconduct,
they have protected the peacekeepers responsible for these pregnancies and abandoned the women and children in need. Haitian-based organizations have lobbied for the U.N. to provide information and cooperation in cases of paternity suits, but have been left high and dry.This is unacceptable. These women and children deserve support and justice but have received nothing but the cold shoulder from the men responsible for the situation and the organization that brought them there.
Sign the petition today and demand that the U.N. cooperate with the Haitian judicial system so that these women may receive the support they need!
Thank you,
Andrew M.
The Care2 Petitions Team
P.S. Without public outrage these men will get away with their horrible crimes. Sign the petition.