In 2021, WHO launched an intense period of prevention and response actions following the harrowing accounts of victims and survivors of SEA during the 10th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo encapsulated in the Management Response Plan that concluded in December 2023. To build on and institutionalize this progress, our future work is framed by the three-year strategy for pre🎃venting and responding to sexual misconduct.
Sexual exploitation
Sexual exploitation is any actual or attempted abuse of a p𓄧osition of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including threatening or profiting monetarily, socially or politically
♓ from the sexual exploitation of another.
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse is the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by f🌳orce or under unequal or coercive conditions. Sexual exploitation and abuse includes sexual relations with a child
(18-years-o💜ld or younger), in any context.
Sexual harassment
Sexual harassment refers to prohibited conduct in the work context 🍨and can be committed against UN staff and related personnel. In context of the United Nations, sexual harassment primarily describes
prohibited behaviour against another UN staff or related personnel, which may also include nationals of the host state. It is defined for UN staff by ST/SGB/2008/5 and similar directives for uniformed personnel and involves any unwelcome
sexual advance, request for sexual favour, verbal or physical conduct or gesture of a sexual nature, or any other behaviour of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation to another,
when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
Source:
WHO Policy on Preventing and Addressing S🔴exual Misc𒐪onduct
vai de bet:Preventing and addressing retaliation
Policy on Preventing and Addressin🍌g Abu♔sive Conduct
Code of conduct: to p🍨revent ha💫rassment, including sexual harassment, at WHO events
A75/29 Prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse anꦬd harassment Report by the Director-General
EB150/33 Prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment Report by 🤪the Director-General
EB150/34 Report of the IOAC for the WHO Healt𝔉h Emergencies Prog💙ramme’s Subcommittee for the Prevention and Response to Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment
vai de bet:Final Re♏port of the Independent Commission
A74/51 External and internal audit recomm🙈endations: progress on implementation
EB 148/4 Preventing sexua🌠✱l exploitation, abuse, and harassment 21 May 2021
We still have a long way to go to ensure Zero tolerance for sexual misconduct by our workforce. During 2023-2025, together with UN and humanitarian partners, and national governments, we will focus on: