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Why don't refugees complain when they suffer with sexual exploitation or abused by aid workers ? Because keeping quiet is normal

By Jamie Munn
Research & Communications Manager

Sexual Harassment is a sad reality in aid, relief and development work.

Discrimination is a sad reality in aid, relief and development work.

I was reading the World Bank's interesting governance blog and found this post on the World Freedom Atlas

LONDON (Reuters) - Sexual abuse of children by aid workers and peacekeepers is rife and efforts to protect young people are inadequate, said a report published on Tuesday.

Hi!
Has anyone seen the film 'Kabul Express'?

Many years ago there was a tribe of people who were experiencing challenges that were threatening their very existence.

During this “time of fear”, a young woman experiences a vision—of a bird which says to her “You must all leave where you are, and travel to a place far away… You must look for the tree at the center of the sacred hoop. You will know when you have found this tree when you hear birds singing on the branches of a tree, and you understand their song.”

If you have been following the news, then you have probably heard that a UN staff member and an EU representative have been ordered to leave Afghanistan by the government there. As many aid workers are involved in negotiations with various people in order to do their work, I thought this might be a story worth following.

The current URD newsletter http://www.compasqualite.org/blog
Has an interesting piece about the debate on standards in humanitarian action.

It points out that the recent evaluation on the response to the Tusnami suggested that “The international relief system should establish an accreditation and certification system to distinguish agencies that work to a

If you get a chance, catch the CNN International presentation of the latest documentary by African film maker Sorious Samura, "Living with Corruption." It's a first-hand look at how corruption keeps people poor in a slum in Kenya, how easy it is to claim you have set up a nonprofit and receive government funding for such, and the various other ways corruption permeates the lives of many.

Dear All,
I have worked on humanitarian and development programs since 1975 (In around 12 countries) and find that we still have many problems amongst us where many thousands suffer as human being have become dishonest and have underlying purposes in life.

As you may know, a group of aid workers, most of them French and many of them volunteers, have been charged with kidnapping, per their attempt to fly from Chad with 103 children a charity said were or