More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organization and leading NGOs of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an investigation by The New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation has revealed. The abuse and exploitation took place between 2018 and 2020, and the victims worked mostly as cooks, cleaners, and community outreach workers in several aid agencies active in eastern part of DR Congo. The women reported that they were drugged with drinks, ambushed in offices and hospitals and locked in rooms by men they identified as aid workers. Some of the victims were propmised a job offer in exchange for a sexual favor, while the ones with a job contract were threatened to be sacked if they were unwilling to offer sexual favour in return. Although the women did not know all of the men’s nationalities, they said some came from Belgium, France, Canada, Côte d’Ivoire, and Guinea. Read the full article on: gsdmagazine.org Image source: Karolina Grabowska from Pexels #drcongo #sexualexplotation #injustice #sexualharrasment (at Democratic Republic of the Congo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CF9YlTkn4jp/?igshid=14hsk26gsxusq
