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UNFPA condemns deployable conditions in which women and girls live in Haiti

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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27, CMC – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Tuesday said that thousands of women and girls displaced by gang violence in Haitti are under threat from a surge in sexual assaults.
In a statement, UNFPA said that the women and girls were living in deplorable conditions in makeshift camps on the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

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