UN peacekeepers ‘trade sex for food’ in Haiti
The draft report by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services said peacekeepers engaged in “transactional sex” with more than 225 Haitian women.
“For rural women, hunger, lack of shelter, baby care items, medication and household items were frequently cited as the ‘triggering need,’” said the report. It also acknowledged that there is “significant underreporting” noting that a third of alleged sexual abuse involves people younger than 18.