Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 11
11
Paragraph: 49
It is imperative that aid beneficiaries who become victims and survivors of sexual exploitation and...
Conclusion
It is imperative that aid beneficiaries who become victims and survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse have access to the support and services they need, and they are informed how to safely use them. The potential need to provide these services should be factored in from the start of programmes, including at the planning stage. The FCDO should include the cost of supporting victims and survivors in grants and contracts for running programmes that it funds. The UK should work in partnership with victims and survivors to deliver the support they need, engaging with community- based organisations in country, to provide services to victims and survivors and providing funding and training if these are requested by those organisations. The FCDO should place requirements on its implementing partners to ensure that victims and survivors have free and safe access to the support and services they need and this support is not conditional on following a formal complaints process.
Paragraph Reference:
49
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The FCDO’s guidance to staff and implementing partners for the Covid-19 period states that Gender-Based Violence and child protection support services should be considered a core part of any humanitarian response and that SEAH survivors as well as victims and survivors of wider Violence Against Women and Girls and child abuse can be referred to those services. The guidance also says that in contexts where service provision is patchy, programme staff should consider whether their programme or team can support improved service provision for SEAH survivors, which could well be locally-led.