As Haiti's toxic slate of gangs continue to plunder the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation, kidnapping, displacing and extorting civilians with nothing left to give, they are increasingly weaponizing women's bodies in their war for control.
Women like Nadia live with the consequences.
Long plagued by crisis -- natural disasters, political turmoil, deep poverty and waves of cholera -- Haiti spiraled into chaos after the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise. That fear has rippled across Port-au-Prince. Parents hesitate to send their children to school, worried they could be kidnapped or raped by gangs. By night, the buzzing streets of the city empty.
The country's current government, which many view as illegitimate, declined to comment on what it is doing to address the issue.
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