Haiti was thrown into chaos when an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck on January 12, 2010. 1.5 million people, nearly 15 percent of the population, were directly affected. Over 220,000 people were killed, and an additional 300,000 were injured. The earthquake shattered not only physical infrastructure, but also the economic, healthcare, and governance apparatuses of the Haitian state. Immediately following the earthquake, 1.3 million people were living in temporary shelters in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area.1 Humanitarian organizations, both local and international, sprang into action to address the immediate needs of the affected population.
Making Disaster Risk Reduction Policies Inclusive
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security