UNICEF Sounds Alarm: Children Now Comprise Up to Half of Haiti's Armed Groups

In a note released on May 28, 2024, UNICEF asserted that, according to UN estimates, armed groups would include between 30% and 50% children in their ranks, who are victims of coercion, abuse, and exploitation in a persistently fragile social, economic, and political context fueled by the relentless violence that has plunged various regions of the country into chaos.

Germina Pierre Louis
Par Germina Pierre Louis
06 Jun 2024 | Lecture : 3 min.

In a note released on May 28, 2024, UNICEF asserted that, according to UN estimates, armed groups would include between 30% and 50% children in their ranks, who are victims of coercion, abuse, and exploitation in a persistently fragile social, economic, and political context fueled by the relentless violence that has plunged various regions of the country into chaos.

Since September 2023, the United Nations has established a systematic data verification collection concerning the recruitment and use of children by armed groups. Hait

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