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The UN said last Friday it will repatriate 60 Tanzanian peacekeepers from Central African Republic after new allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation surfaced – the latest in a string of sexual abuse scandals involving UN peacekeepers in the…
  Join us in celebrating the pride month, with a focus on safeguarding the LGBTQI+ refugees from Ukraine. Why are we focusing on LGBTQI+ refugees and staff?  LGBTQI+ people experience different forms of harm and abuse depending…
The UN has been dogged by a steady stream of sex abuse scandals over the years, from peacekeepers in Central African Republic to World Health Organization staff accused of luring women into sex-for-work schemes…
We are sharing a new resources in Ukrainian and English sharing examples of cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) occurring during the war, with findings from the Eastern European region. While this resource is related to GBV rather than SEA (Sexual…
Join the upcoming Safeguarding Insights conference to listen to our reflections on the The Ukraine War, safeguarding implications at home and abroad  with Inez Książek, Safeguarding Resource and Support Hub. Inez is going to talk…
IOM and CLEAR Global (former Translators without Borders) are hosting a joint Webinar on language targeted to PSEA in-country specialists. In this webinar, CLEAR Global will present their work on language in humanitarian programming, protection, and…
On 7 November, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution titled “World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence”, which was introduced by First Lady of Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio…
The Trust Fund in Support of Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), administered by the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, was created by the Secretary-General in 2016 to strengthen the response and support of victims…
To reduce the latter risk, WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA jointly organized prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse training for focal points at agencies, international and non-government organizations working on the front lines of the Ebola response.…
The European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organization's programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to concerns over the U.N. agency's handling of the sexual abuse scandal.An Oct. 7 letter from the…
The World Health Organization has promised to overhaul its culture and operations in the wake of a sexual abuse and exploitation scandal involving many of its workers during the 2018-2020 Ebola response in the Democratic Republic…
Officials are investigating sexual abuse allegations against Gabonese UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) involving 32 victims, including eight children, a UN spokesman said on Friday. The UN Senior Victims’ Rights Advocate in the…
Unfortunately, the WHO case of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse is just the latest in a long list of sexual exploitation scandals within the UN and humanitarian systems since the 1990s. The United Nations and…
More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organization and leading NGOs of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an investigation by The New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation…
A damning report has found that the World Health Organization failed to prevent and tackle widespread sexual abuse during the Ebola reponse in Congo – a probe triggered by an investigation by The New Humanitarian and the Thomson…
The World Health Organization (WHO) played a central role in the international response to the tenth outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between August 2018 and June 2020. During this period, 3481 people…
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he takes “ultimate responsibility” for the behavior of aid workers employed by WHO who were accused of sexual exploitation and abuse while responding to the 10th Ebola…
Independent investigators mandated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to probe allegations of sexual abuse by its staff in the DR Congo cited “clear structural failures” and “individual negligence”. The abuses were committed by personnel hired…
Despite what is dubbed a “landmark ruling” in Haiti, receiving justice for victimized Haitian women remains a significant challenge even after decades of harm caused by Peacekeepers. Furthermore, UN personnel deployed to support areas experiencing…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday ordered the immediate repatriation of the entire U.N. peacekeeping contingent from Gabon serving in the Central African Republic following credible reports of sexual abuse by some…

 
 

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