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Delna’s story: Fighting back in the shadow of rape and violence against women.

Ingrid Arnesen
Port au Prince, Haiti

Inside Haiti’s decaying camps, women like Delna Charlotin are on the frontlines.

Since the 2010 earthquake that ravaged Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, there are still half a million refugees living in squalid, unsafe camps spread throughout the city, including in front of the collapsed Presidential Palace, on the Champs De Mars, the main plaza. The refugees living here are among the most vulnerable...