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Quick Read: Canadian aid worker Peter Dalglish jailed 16 years in Nepal for sexual assault of boys

News TeamJuly 9, 2019

In addition to the prison term, the court ordered Peter Dalglish to pay his victims the equivalent of US$5,000 each, Nader Hasan said. Dalglish, an Order of Can...

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Quick Read: German national in Uganda being ‘hunted by police for sexually abusing girls in his care’

News TeamMarch 1, 2019

Police have reportedly launched a hunt for a 70-year-old German national in Uganda who is facing fresh allegations of child sex tourism. Bernhard Bery Glaser’s ...

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Quick Read: United Nations Moves to Help Combat Sexual Abuse in Its Ranks

News TeamFebruary 20, 2019

The United Nations on Tuesday took steps to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse within its ranks, naming an array of experts to a panel aimed at ending incidents of harassment that have plagued the global agency for years. The panel will advise the ...

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Quick Read: US priest, 82, who built children’s shelters in East Timor admits he sexually abused minors

News TeamFebruary 12, 2019

A US missionary who was a hero in East Timor for founding children’s shelters that have operated for more than two decades has been expelled from his Catholic c...

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Quick Read: Ebola vaccine offered in exchange for sex, say women in Congo

News TeamFebruary 12, 2019

An unparalleled Ebola vaccination programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become engulfed in allegations of impropriety, amid claims that women ar...

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Quick Read: Child sex trafficking rife in Colombia’s picturesque Cartagena

News TeamJanuary 21, 2019

Cartagena’s colonial architecture and easy access to white sand beaches have made it one of Colombia’s most popular tourist destinations. But behind its baroque facade, the historic city – which calls itself the “pride of Colombia” – has been hiding ...

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Quick Read: Nepal’s children at risk: Sexual abuse in the aid sector

News TeamDecember 11, 2018

Fears are rising that Nepal has become a target for paedophiles acting under the cover of aid work or philanthropy. Police in the poverty-stricken nation have a...

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Quick Read: Australian aid groups report dozens of sexual misconduct cases

News TeamNovember 21, 2018

Australian international aid groups reported 76 incidents of alleged sexual misconduct over the past three years, including one case in which a humanitarian wor...

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The latest news on Ethiopia from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Aid standards body suspends Cafod over complaints handling

News TeamOctober 18, 2018

Britain’s biggest Catholic aid charity, Cafod, has been suspended from an international scheme which aims to protect aid beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.theguardian.com/...

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Quick Read: Global register set up to keep criminals out of aid sector

News TeamOctober 17, 2018

The UK is to help launch a global register of dangerous criminals with the aim of preventing them finding their way into the aid sector, in the wake of the aid ...

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Quick Read: US charity More Than Me ‘deeply sorry’ after HIV-infected co-founder raped young girls at Liberia school

News TeamOctober 15, 2018

An acclaimed US charity operating in Liberia has admitted to major failings after girls at a school set up to save them from a life of sexual exploitation were ...

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Quick Read: Senior UN gender and youth official sacked over sexual misconduct

News TeamSeptember 19, 2018

Ravi Karkara, an Indian national based in New York, was dismissed from his post at UN Women on Friday following an investigation lasting nearly 15 months.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.theguardian.com/global-developme...

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This Aid In Danger report includes data on aid workers reportedly killed, kidnapped and arrested (KKA) in Afghanistan, CAR, DRC, Iraq, Mali, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen in 2018. For this and the report archive, please visit Safe Travels Magazine.

Aid in Danger: Monthly News Brief – August 2018 – Threats and incidents affecting the delivery of aid across the world

News TeamSeptember 14, 2018

Title: Aid in Danger: Monthly News Brief - August 2018 Author: Christina Wille, Helen Buck and Laurence Gerhardt at Insecurity Insight Date:...

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Quick Read: UN Asked to Punish Peacekeepers Who Don’t Protect Civilians

News TeamAugust 20, 2018

More than 30 countries that support a set of principles calling for U.N. peacekeepers to protect civilians in armed conflict are asking the United Nations to go...

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Quick Read: British MP among men alleging harassment by senior UN adviser

News TeamAugust 14, 2018

Lloyd Russell-Moyle worked with Karkara during his time as vice-president of the European Youth Forum and later as chair of a UN Major Group for Children and Youth, before he was elected as Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown in 2017.... Read the full a...

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Quick Read: ‘Clear risk factors’ for sexual misconduct identified in Australian aid sector

News TeamAugust 9, 2018

An interim report into the risk of sexual exploitation in the Australian aid sector has found there are “clear risk factors for sexual misconduct” but that Aust...

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Quick Read: U.N. must do better job of protecting staff, whistle-blowers: inspectors

News TeamAugust 7, 2018

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations agencies must improve ways for staff to report harassment, retaliation and other forms of misconduct and safeguard whistle-blo...

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Quick Read: Mothers in Democratic Republic of Congo reveal abuse by foreign aid workers

News TeamAugust 3, 2018

We conducted our investigation after a committee of MPs urged agencies and charity organisations to confront the horror of sexual exploitation in their profession.... Read full article at the publisher's site: https://news.sky.com/story/mothers-in-d...

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Quick Read: Sexual abuse ‘endemic’ in aid sector, say MPs

News TeamJuly 31, 2018

Sexual exploitation and abuse is "endemic" across the aid sector, according to a new report from MPs. The International Development Committee says charities ca...

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Quick Read: UN receives 70 new allegations of sex abuse and exploitation

News TeamJuly 31, 2018

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations says it received 70 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the second quarter of 2018 — 43 involving U.N. personnel...

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Aid in Danger: Monthly News Brief – June 2018 – Threats and incidents affecting the delivery of aid across the world

News TeamJuly 20, 2018

Title: Aid in Danger: Monthly News Brief - June 2018 Author: Christina Wille, Helen Buck and Laurence Gerhardt at Insecurity Insight Date: July 2018 About: This monthly digest comprises threats and incidents of violence aff...

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Quick Read: Medecins Sans Frontieres staff ‘used local prostitutes’

News TeamJune 21, 2018

Aid workers at charity Medecins Sans Frontieres used local prostitutes while working in Africa, whistleblowers have told the Victoria Derbyshire programme. Fem...

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Quick Read: Canadian aid worker Peter Dalglish jailed 16 years in Nepal for sexual assault of boys

Quick Read: German national in Uganda being ‘hunted by police for sexually abusing girls in his care’

Quick Read: United Nations Moves to Help Combat Sexual Abuse in Its Ranks

Quick Read: US priest, 82, who built children’s shelters in East Timor admits he sexually abused minors

Quick Read: Ebola vaccine offered in exchange for sex, say women in Congo

Quick Read: Nepal’s children at risk: Sexual abuse in the aid sector

Quick Read: Australian aid groups report dozens of sexual misconduct cases

Quick Read: Aid standards body suspends Cafod over complaints handling

Quick Read: Global register set up to keep criminals out of aid sector

Quick Read: US charity More Than Me ‘deeply sorry’ after HIV-infected co-founder raped young girls at Liberia school

Quick Read: Senior UN gender and youth official sacked over sexual misconduct

Aid in Danger: Monthly News Brief – August 2018 – Threats and incidents affecting the delivery of aid across the world

Quick Read: UN Asked to Punish Peacekeepers Who Don’t Protect Civilians

Quick Read: British MP among men alleging harassment by senior UN adviser

Quick Read: ‘Clear risk factors’ for sexual misconduct identified in Australian aid sector

Quick Read: U.N. must do better job of protecting staff, whistle-blowers: inspectors

Quick Read: Mothers in Democratic Republic of Congo reveal abuse by foreign aid workers

Quick Read: Sexual abuse ‘endemic’ in aid sector, say MPs

Quick Read: UN receives 70 new allegations of sex abuse and exploitation

Aid in Danger: Monthly News Brief – June 2018 – Threats and incidents affecting the delivery of aid across the world

Quick Read: Medecins Sans Frontieres staff ‘used local prostitutes’

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Travel Advice: State Department urges people to ‘reconsider travel’ to Burkina Faso due to terrorism, crime, and kidnapping

Travel Advice: FCO warns of terror threats against Western targets in Afghanistan, especially in Kabul

Travel Advice: State Dept warns militants in Afghanistan plan vehicle-borne bombings against American targets

Travel Advice: FCO warns visitors to Jamaica as states of emergency extended due to shootings

Travel Advice: Canadian Government updates travel warning regarding crime threat to visitors in Vietnam