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 28, 2021: The World Health Organization's "Independent" Commission on sexual abuse allegations in DRC released its report today. Paula Donovan, Co-Director of AIDS-Free World and its Code Blue Campaign, says there is nothing independent about the way WHO handled the allegations lodged against its personnel.
Read MoreJuly 19, 2021: Member States need to enact far-reaching changes to ensure that the horrors of MINUSTAH—the UN’s peacekeeping mission from 2004 to 2017—will never be repeated, in any peacekeeping mission. (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)
Read MoreMarch 19, 2021: AIDS-Free World’s Code Blue Campaign analyzes the UN press conference announcing the release of the Secretary-General’s annual Special Measures Report, which steered clear of hard facts in favor of frivolous distractions.
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2021: The United Kingdom has vowed to put the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment by aid sector and UN personnel "at the centre of everything we do." But a child rape case from the Democratic Republic of the Congo—involving an alleged perpetrator of British nationality—puts the lie to that claim. (UN Photo)
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2021: António Guterres has announced his availability for a second term as UN Secretary-General. In a new statement, AIDS-Free World’s Code Blue Campaign call upon him to step aside and ask Member States to appoint a woman in his place. (UN Photo / Manuel Elías)
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 MoreAugust 11, 2020: In an opinion piece published in Devex, Code Blue legal and policy advisor Sharanya Kanikkannan highlights the failures of the UN’s internal justice system and argues for transparent and accessible accountability mechanisms. (UN Photo / Manuel Elias)
Read MoreJuly 29, 2020: A brief overview of AIDS-Free World's efforts to convince UN Women to end its partnership with Unilever, whose marketing of skin-lightening cream sends an anti-feminist and racist message.
Read MoreJuly 20, 2020: In our second Open Letter to the Secretary-General, we redouble our effort to determine the work status of Ms. Lute, the senior UN official charged with overseeing the effort to end sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel. (UN Photo / Mark Garten)
Read MoreJuly 16, 2020: The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi urged the international community this week to "remain vigilant" on the situation in Burundi. The Code Blue Campaign agrees, and calls on the UN to ensure that Burundian peacekeepers are no longer free to commit sexual exploitation and abuse with impunity. (Photo: presidence.gov.bi)
Read MoreJune 30, 2020: Unilever’s decision to rename one of its skin-lightening creams does not address the racism and colorism inherent in the product. UN Women must end its partnership with Unilever.
Read MoreJune 23, 2020: The UN entity known as UN Women must sever its partnership with Unilever, which reaps hundreds of million of dollars in profits from racist skin-lightening products.
Read MoreJune 1, 2020: The UN's highest-ranking official dedicated to addressing sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN personnel—Jane Holl Lute, who serves at the Under-Secretary-General level—appears to be no longer actively engaged in her role. (UN Photo / Loey Felipe)
Read MoreMarch 5, 2020: In a new report, AIDS-Free World’s Code Blue Campaign lays out a narrative substantiating our view that troops from the Pierre Nkurunziza regime in Burundi do not belong in UN Peacekeeping. (Photo credit / Adrienne Surprenant)
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 MoreDecember 13, 2019: Martina Brostrom was fired today from UNAIDS in what she described as a blatant act of retaliation. (Photo credit: Mark Henley)
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 MoreAugust 14, 2019: AIDS-Free World extends congratulations to Winnie Byanyima on her appointment as Executive Director of UNAIDS, and wishes her luck as she tackles considerable internal and external challenges at the UN entity. (UN Photo / Amanda Voisard)
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