Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 20
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Although aid organisations have taken many welcome steps to raise awareness and combat sexual exploitation...
Conclusion
Although aid organisations have taken many welcome steps to raise awareness and combat sexual exploitation and abuse, the changes have focussed on strengthening weak practices and policy development rather than transforming the power dynamics and enabling culture that have been embedded in the aid sector. Until a true transformation takes place, we fear that what happened during the 2018–20 Ebola response in the DRC could continue to occur in humanitarian aid settings around the world. (Paragraph 83) Standards, accountability and regulation
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
We will continue to do so. The Joint Inspection Unit (independent external oversight body of UN system) released in 2018 a comprehensive review of whistle-blower policies and practices in UN system organisations. The UK worked in the General Assembly to actively support the JIU’s review and for full implementation of their recommendations. We will continue to push for this and for best practice policies and practices, to ensure that whistle-blowers are protected.