tailieunhanh - “Nobody Remembers Us” Failure to Protect Women’s and Girls’ Right to Health and Security in Post Earthquake Haiti

Most women in prison are mothers and usually the primary or sole carer for their children. Research from many countries has shown that, when fathers are imprisoned, the mother usually continues to care for the children. However, when a mother is imprisoned, the father often does not continue to care for the children, resulting in large numbers of children being institutionalized (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2008). For instance, in the United Kingdom, when mothers are imprisoned, in 80% of the cases the father does not look after the child (Anne Owers, Salter Lecture, Yearly Meeting, Quakers. | Haiti Nobody Remembers Us Failure to Protect Women s and Girls Right to Health and Security in Post Earthquake Haiti HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Nobody Remembers Us Failure to Protect Women s and Girls Right to Health and Security in Post-Earthquake Haiti Copyright 2011 Human Rights Watch All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN 1-56432-803-1 Cover design by Rafael Jimenez Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue 34th floor New York NY 10118-3299 USA Tel 1 212 290 4700 Fax 1 212 736 1300 hrwnyc@ PoststraBe 4-5 10178 Berlin Germany Tel 49 30 2593 06-10 Fax 49 30 2593 0629 berlin@ Avenue des Gaulois 7 1040 Brussels Belgium Tel 32 2 732 2009 Fax 32 2 732 0471 hrwbe@ 51 Avenue Blanc 1202 Geneva Switzerland Tel 41 22 738 0481 Fax 41 22 738 1791 hrwgva@ 2-12 Pentonville Road 2nd Floor London N1 9HF UK Tel 44 20 7713 1995 Fax 44 20 7713 1800 hrwuk@ 27 Rue de Lisbonne 75008 Paris France Tel 33 1 43 59 55 35 Fax 33 1 43 59 55 22 paris@ 1630 Connecticut Avenue . Suite 500 Washington DC 20009 USA Tel 1 202 612 4321 Fax 1 202 612 4333 hrwdc@ Web Site Address http .