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Interview | How to fix the UN’s sex abuse problem?
The New Humanitarian
English - April 25, 2023 10:35 - 37 minutes - 51 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsNews Government humanitarian aid analysis conflict rethinkinghumanitarianism worldnews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Christian Saunders was appointed as the UN’s special coordinator on improving the response to sexual exploitation and abuse in July.
The New Humanitarian’s Investigations Editor Paisley Dodds spoke with him on 19 April following his recent trip to South Sudan, where allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation surfaced last year at a UN-run camp for civilians in the northern city of Malakal.
In their wide-ranging interview, Saunders says he believes in “radical transparency”, he doesn’t think the UN should be investigating itself, and he agrees it’s time to retire the phrase “zero tolerance”.
Read more: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations
and more on this interview here:
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interview/2023/04/24/interview-fixing-un-sex-abuse-problem