Jess DiPierro Obert

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The Guardian and The New Humanitarian: ‘Women’s bodies weaponized’: Haiti gangs use rape in spiraling violence

Clients: BuzzFeed News, Al Jazeera English, Rest of World, Bloomberg News, The New York Times

School: Arizona State University

In the war between G-9 and G-Pè...lse to go. Port-au-Prince Haiti

In the war between G-9 and G-Pèp in July, armed men raped Julienne*, then a 6-month pregnant mother of four as she was returning from a search for purified water near an area coined Deyè Mi, or “Behind the Wall”, a border crossing between the two rival gang territories. Julienne* dropped off three of her children at an orphanage in Hinche near the border of the Dominican Republic because she fears they will be recruited in the gangs or that the same fate will befall them as it did her. Julienne* hasn’t left her home in Cité Soleil because there is nowhere else to go. Port-au-Prince Haiti

Danielle*, 29, shows her hand w...f leaving. Port-au-Prince Haiti

Danielle*, 29, shows her hand where her husband marked her in one of their fights. Danielle married her husband from Grand Ravine, a gang-ridden neighborhood in late 2018. Shortly after their wedding, stuck together at home during countrywide lockdowns protesting the Petrocaribe scandal, he started to physically and emotionally abuse her. His family uses the gangs as a threat to keep her afraid of leaving. Port-au-Prince Haiti

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The Guardian and The New Humanitarian: ‘Women’s bodies weaponized’: Haiti gangs use rape in spiraling violence

jess dipierro obert

Nov 14, 2022

Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Reporting. On assignment for The Guardian / The New Humanitarian. A months-long investigation around women being targeted, raped and weaponized by armed groups in Haiti that changed the narrative and reporting arc around armed violence in Haiti.

âWomenâs bodies weaponizedâ: Haiti gangs use rape in spiraling violence
Haitian women and children face brutal rapes, torture, kidnapping and death amid gang violence, reports the New Humanitarian
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