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“Nobody Remembers Us”
Failure to Protect Women’s and Girls’ Right to Health and Security in Post-Earthquake Haiti
Summary
Key
Recommendations
Methodology
I.
Background
Women’s
Legal and Political Status in Haiti
Women’s
Health and Gender-Based Violence in Haiti Before the Earthquake
Maternal
Health
Family
Planning
Gender-Based
Violence (GBV)
Reforms and
Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality before the Earthquake
Women’s
Health and the Health System after the Earthquake
Haiti’s
Human Rights Obligations
II.
Obstacles to Maternal and Reproductive Health: Failure to Protect Women’s
and Girls’ Rights
Lack of
Access to Family Planning
Lack of
Access to Information
Access to
Contraception and the Right to Decide on the Number and Spacing of Children
Illegal and
Unsafe Abortion as a Response to Lack of Access to Family Planning
Obstacles
Accessing Prenatal Care
Lack of
Access to Information
Economic
Accessibility
Obstacles
Accessing Obstetric Care
Lack of
Access to Information on When and Where to Access Obstetric Care
Obstacles to
Accessing Available Obstetric Care
Obstacles to
Quality Care at Medical Facilities
Impact of
Food Insecurity on Reproductive and Maternal Health
Food
Insecurity for Pregnant and Lactating Mothers
Food
Insecurity and Increased Vulnerability to Unintended and Unwanted Pregnancy
Vulnerability
to Gender-Based Violence
Lack of
Accountability in Addressing Women’s and Girls’ Health and Security
in Displacement Camps
III. Donor
States and Non-State Actors in Haiti
Reproductive
and Maternal Health
Gender-Based
Violence
IV. Conclusion
V.
Recommendations
Acknowledgments
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