How common is sexual violence in the humanitarian aid community? | New Scientist

How common is sexual violence in the humanitarian aid community? | New Scientist: "Jones gave a talk last month at the Sexual Violence Management Conference for the Humanitarian sector in London, where she outlined some initial findings from surveys of aid workers that the Headington Institute has conducted over the past five years.

Some 10 per cent of the 1439 aid workers that the Headington Institute surveyed reported being forced into unwanted sexual contact. Three-quarters of those reporting an incident were female. When the Headington researchers examined a sub-set of 1108 aid workers from 37 countries, they found that four in 10 had experienced two or more unwanted incidents."



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