Haiti: Emergency Appeal
Ongoing gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than a million people. The security breakdown is landing hardest on women and girls, eroding their safety, health, and basic human rights.
Haiti’s escalating gang violence has pushed the country to the brink of collapse, with armed groups controlling key neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince and carrying out mass atrocities.
55% of the displaced population are women and children. 47% of women and girls in Haiti will need humanitarian aid in 2025.
Women’s food security is worsening. In displacement camps, 65% of female-headed households now face acute food insecurity.
Sexual and gender-based violence is on the rise – especially in displacement sites where shelter, sanitation, and protection are severely lacking.
Women are most targeted group of sexual violence (including rape, gang rape, and rape with kidnapping and killing) and are the most vulnerable at home when gangs raid homes in a neighbourhood during an attack.
UN Women calls on the international community, governments, humanitarian organisations, donors, development and private sector partners to:
- Provide emergency food aid and cash assistance to female-headed households
- Establish income-generating activities to strengthen women’s self-reliance and livelihoods
- Support women’s organisations so they can effectively advocate for their rights and needs and provide services to survivors of violence
Please show your support for women and girls in Haiti by giving generously now.
