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Sierra Leone: What's Changed Since #AidToo? Not Much, Say Sex Workers in Sierra Leone
The New Humanitarian, 19 April 2023
'It has to pay for the girls to leave sex work. If they cannot earn as much, then they will always go back.' Read more »
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Ethiopia: Committed to Fighting Gender-Based Violence
Reporter, 13 July 2019
Lori Handrahan (PhD) is a noted human rights advocate focused on gender-based violence and for the end of child abuse. She has served as a gender expert during the Darfur genocide… Read more »
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Africa: Schemes to Stop Sex Abuse in the Aid Sector Off to a Shaky Start
IRIN, 18 October 2018
Protests and objections roil UK event Read more »
Little Change Found After #AidToo, Sierra Leone Sex Workers Say
When Oxfam staff in Haiti were caught paying earthquake survivors for sex, many aid organisations moved to overhaul their safeguarding policies and tried to clamp down on the practice of transactional sex, noting the power disparities between staff and the people they serve.
But five years after the 2018 Haiti scandal gave way to the supposed reforms of the #AidToo movement, little has changed on the ground - particularly in countries like Sierra Leone, where sex workers say aid workers are still part of their clientele.
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International organisation Oxfam is being accused of inciting violence over land issues after they handed government a report on land grabbing in the country. Read more »
