Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) by humanitarian staff is the most egregious result when organisations fail to be accountable to beneficiaries of humanitarian aid. In an emergency where victims have lost everything, women and girls are particularly vulnerable. The Building Safer Organisations project, which aims to develop the capacity of NGOs "to receive and investigate allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse brought by persons of concern—including refugees, displaced persons and local host populations" relocated from ICVA to HAP in 2007, and its lessons and materials were subsequently integrated into HAP’s "Building Safer Organisations – Investigation Learning Programme" training.
In June 2008 HAP published a report examining the issues related to lodging complaints by beneficiaries of humanitarian aid.
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