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STORY: UN / HAITI GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
TRT: 2:38
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 NOVEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
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20 NOVEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“They warned that as Haiti continues to see alarming levels of gender-based violence, survivors and those at risk have very limited access to the essential support they need. This is due to insecurity, access challenges and funding shortfalls. Between January and September, over 7,400 cases of gender-based violence were reported in Haiti – an average of about 27 per day, that’s what our partners are telling us.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“During the same period, our humanitarian partners were able to reach only 7 per cent of the 833,000 people we aim to reach with specialized support to address gender-based violence, in total, our partners were able to reach just about 54,000 people.”
5. Wide shot, press briefing room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The response remains critically underfunded, with an overall gap of $13.5 million – 70 per cent of the over the money that is needed for this year. If that funding is not received, nearly 780,000 women and girls – including survivors of gender-based violence and those at risk, will go without these critical services, including the clinical management of rape, mental health and psychosocial support, case management, legal assistance, safe spaces for women and girls, and dignity kits. Our partners also warn that persistent insecurity and access challenges continue to prevent many survivors – including people with disabilities and women living in remote areas – from receiving timely, confidential and adequate support.”
7. Wide shot, press briefing room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Despite all of these constraints, humanitarian organizations continue to scale up life-saving services, including psychosocial support, medical care, safe spaces for victims, mobile clinics, legal assistance and the distribution of dignity kits. Between January and September, more than 32,000 information and awareness-raising sessions have been conducted, and some 560 front-line workers have received specialized training. OCHA continues to work closely with our partners addressing gender-based violence in Haiti – as well as with national authorities in the country – all this to ensure that survivors can safely access essential services.”
9. Wide shot, press briefing room
The United Nations warned that Haiti continues to see alarming levels of gender-based violence, stating between January and September, “over 7,400 cases of gender-based violence were reported in Haiti – an average of about 27 per day.”
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric spoke to reporters today (20 Nov) in New York.
Dujarric said, Survivors of gender-based violence and those at risk have very limited access to the essential support they need, adding this is due to insecurity, access challenges and funding shortfalls.
He noted that sexual violence made up just over half of the cases, about 3,700 and with nearly two thirds of these involving gang rape that’s about 2,500. Two out of every three victims were displaced people.
The Spokesperson also said that during the same period, UN humanitarian partners were able to reach only 7 per cent of the 833,000 people we aim to reach with specialized support to address gender-based violence, in total, he said, “our partners were able to reach just about 54,000 people.”
“The response remains critically underfunded, with an overall gap of $13.5 million – 70 per cent of the over the money that is needed for this year,” Dujarric highlighted.
He said, “If that funding is not received, nearly 780,000 women and girls – including survivors of gender-based violence and those at risk, will go without these critical services, including the clinical management of rape, mental health and psychosocial support, case management, legal assistance, safe spaces for women and girls, and dignity kits.”
The UN partners also warned that “persistent insecurity and access challenges continue to prevent many survivors – including people with disabilities and women living in remote areas – from receiving timely, confidential and adequate support.”
Despite all of these constraints, Dujarric said, “humanitarian organizations continue to scale up life-saving services, including psychosocial support, medical care, safe spaces for victims, mobile clinics, legal assistance and the distribution of dignity kits.”
Between January and September, more than 32,000 information and awareness-raising sessions have been conducted, and some 560 front-line workers have received specialized training.
The Spokesperson added, “OCHA continues to work closely with our partners addressing gender-based violence in Haiti – as well as with national authorities in the country – all this to ensure that survivors can safely access essential services.
