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Adoption, Sexual Abuse and Aid

February 12, 2013 · by Sokari · in #IRP13, 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence, Caribbean, Haiti, Health, Occasional Musings, sexual violence

Stories in the media of mothers and fathers giving away their children for a ‘better life in the US’ continue to appear. Stories like this one also raise the question on whether ‘orphans’ are really orphans as their daughter is placed in a local orphanage. A study by Save the Children found that 4 out of 5 children in orphanges actually had one living parent. The right questions are not asked regarding the social violence and injustices which force parents into situations whereby they feel they have to give up their children and undergo the pain of such a separation? Why is it so easy to take advantage of vulnerable Haitian women and children and what levels of coercion are taking place? What really happens to many of these children? Right now the numbers for people living under food insecurity are over 2 million.My host, community organiser and educator, Rea Dol believes these figures are an under estimation and I myself regularly meet people who have not eaten or under eater for days. But families in crisis need support to keep their children but instead of struggling with the people, saviors assault their dignity’.

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Sokari Ekine - @blacklooks - founder and editor of Black Looks, is a writer, educationalist and digital activist. She is editor of SMS Uprising: Mobile Phone Activism in Africa [2010] co-editor of African Awakenings [Firoze Manji, 2011] and the forthcoming Queer African Reader [Hakima Abbas. 2012]. Sokari is a weekly contributor to Pambazuka News and her writings have appeared in progressive media and academic journals in Africa, Europe and the US. Sokari also blogs at Tumblr

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