logo
welcome
PBS

PBS

Boys forced into gangs, girls face sexual abuse as Haiti violence robs childhoods

PBS
Summary
Nutrition label

69% Informative

Gang warfare in Haiti has displaced about 700,000 people, more than half of them are children.

The fighting has sent poverty and hunger skyrocketing and children are caught between the gangs and their tenuous futures.

A warning, accounts of abuse and sexual violence in this story may disturb viewers.

VR Score

74

Informative language

74

Neutral language

69

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

Affiliate links

no affiliate links