Half of aid workers report racism at work in past year – poll
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Half of aid workers have experienced racism at work in the past year, with staff and activists saying agencies are failing to combat discrimination in their ranks, a global survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and aid consultancy Aid Works found. An online survey of 286 aid workers in 63 countries […]
UK bans sex between government aid workers and recipients to rein in abuse
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Britain has banned sexual relations between government staff giving aid and people receiving it, as lawmakers seek to stamp out abuse in the aid sector following a string of sex scandals. Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has also banned staff exchanging money or jobs for sex, sexual relationships based on […]
Sex-for-jobs scandal: How aid workers got away with sex abuse in Congo’s Ebola crisis
Following revelations of a sex-for-jobs scandal published last week, NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, and ROBERT FLUMMERFELT, of The New Humanitarian, take a look at how such exploitation could occur…
Congo ‘jobs-for-sex’ expose prompts calls for greater scrutiny of aid workers
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Vetting aid workers more closely and giving women more power is critical to tackle sex abuse in humanitarian crises as exposed in a joint investigation by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian, aid experts said on Wednesday. In the expose, 51 women recounted multiple incidents of abuse by mainly […]
Attacks on aid workers reached record high in 2019
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Aid workers suffered a record 277 major attacks around the world last year, an independent humanitarian research organisation said on Monday, with healthcare workers responding to crises facing a spike in deadly violence. A total of 483 aid workers were killed, kidnapped, or wounded in 2019, showed data from Humanitarian Outcomes, […]
Britain launches new inquiry into sex abuse by aid workers
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation British lawmakers will hear evidence that aid workers are demanding sex in return for assistance when they launch an inquiry this week into preventing sexual abuse and exploitation in the aid sector. The industry has come under intense scrutiny since 2018 when it emerged that Oxfam staff had paid young women […]
Aid worker kidnappings ‘big business’ as criminals wade in – ex-hostage
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Kidnapping of aid workers has become “big business” as militants often work with crime networks to carry out abductions, a senior United Nations official and former hostage said on Tuesday. Vincent Cochetel, who was held captive in Chechnya in 1998, said countries must bring kidnappers to justice to stem a steep increase […]
Britain urged to act over rising global attacks on aid workers
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Growing violence against aid and health workers in conflict zones is jeopardising humanitarian operations, British parliamentarians said on Tuesday as they urged the country to lead international efforts to hold aggressors to account. Nearly 300 aid workers and health workers were killed and more than 850 injured last year in almost 1,200 […]
ROHINGYA CRISIS: AID WORKERS RACE TO BATTEN DOWN REFUGEE CAMP WITH NO SIGN OF CRISIS ENDING
BELINDA GOLDSMITH and NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report from Cox’s Bazar…
Briton’s death in Kenya adds to long list of aid worker killings
Thomson Reuters Foundation The death of a British aid worker in a militant attack in Nairobi this week highlighted the rising number of people killed delivering aid to those in need. Luke Potter, Africa programmes director for the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, was among 21 people killed when gunmen stormed a hotel complex in Kenya’s capital […]