April 1, 2022: As Secretary-General António Guterres prepares to replace Jane Holl Lute, AIDS-Free World’s Code Blue Campaign calls for the next Special Coordinator on improving the UN response to sexual exploitation and abuse to scrutinize the Organization’s current response and seek out new perspectives before calling for necessary reform.
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2020: The UN's dysfunctional system for handling allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against its own personnel ensures that the latest scandal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will not be the last. (UN Photo / Sylvain Liechti)
Read MoreSeptember 17, 2020: The UN inquiry on Burundi must not end until President Ndayishimiye orders the investigation and prosecution, if necessary, of Burundian soldiers serving in UN Peacekeeping who have been accused of sexual crimes.
Read MoreDecember 20, 2019: Unresolved paternity claims stemming from sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN peacekeepers are an endemic problem. (UN Photo / Marie Frechon)
Read MoreOctober 9, 2019: Yet another United Nations entity—this time the World Food Programme (WFP)—is engulfed in a sexual abuse scandal. An independent survey found WFP to be a cesspool of harassment, discrimination against women and minorities, abuse of authority, and retaliation. AIDS-Free World’s Code Blue Campaign issues a call—once again—for independent oversight. (UN Photo / Logan Abassi)
Read MoreDecember 3, 2018: AIDS-Free World has learned that the leadership of UNAIDS is actively working to suppress a report produced by an Independent Expert Panel (IEP) appointed to look into sexual harassment, bullying, and abuse of power at the UN agency. (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
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