Child Slavery Reaches Record Levels In Haiti
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There is a startling new report just released by the Pan American Development Foundation, reporting that almost 225,000 Haitian children have been forced into child slavery in Haiti as a result of poverty. Most of the children – nearly 2/3 in fact – are young girls, and are subjected to extreme physical, psychological, and sexual abuse.
Although the plight of these children is apparently commonly known, and is a source of great shame in the Caribbean country founded by a slave revolt, the practice of enslaving children has become widespread. According to the report, nearly half of the children interviewed in just one village (257 total ) were living as slaves.
A previous count of the number of enslaved Haitian children was attempted by UNICEF in 2002. That attempt resulted in a count of 172,000 children, but was criticized as being a gross under-estimation of the problem.Read more at civilrightsandwrongs.wordpress.com
