1. Three Years Later: A Round-up of News and Commentary
(Matching tags: aid distribution, elections, evictions, camps, idps, cholera, housing, GBV)

An editorial in the Christian Science Monitor today begins: The third anniversary of Haiti’s devastating earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010, has not drawn much attention. This is despite the fact that 1 out ...

2. New Report Finds Economic Insecurity Increasingly Puts Haitian Girls at Risk of Violence
(Matching tags: idps, GBV, women)

A new report [PDF] on gender-based violence (GBV) in Haiti “suggests that adolescent girls are  disproportionately suffering social and violent aftershocks of the earthquake,” including “unwanted and early ...

3. Gender Action: IFI’s Fail to Adequately Address Gender Based Violence in Post-Quake Investments
(Matching tags: GBV, gender action)

... the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) address gender-based violence (GBV) in their post-earthquake loans. Gender Action applies their Essential Gender Analysis Checklist to five different ...

4. Lack of Access to Basic Services a Driving Factor Behind Sexual Violence in IDP Camps
(Matching tags: GBV)

... of the IDP population at large, it nonetheless provides an important analysis of the factors contributing to gender-based violence (GBV) and steps that can be taken to remedy the situation using a human ...