17 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that women in post-earthquake Haiti have been failed by the international community in recovery efforts and that the needs and rights of women and girls, particularly their rights to health and security, have been neglected as evidenced in a report by Human Rights Watch which describes the way hunger has led women to trade sex for food and the way poor camp conditions exacerbate the impact of sexual violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33714/11]

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17 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that women in post-earthquake Haiti have been failed by the international community in recovery efforts and that the needs and rights of women and girls, particularly their rights to health and security, have been neglected as evidenced in a report by Human Rights Watch which describes the way hunger has led women to trade sex for food and the way poor camp conditions exacerbate the impact of sexual violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33714/11]

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