UK strategy: safeguarding against sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment within the aid sector
This strategy sets out the actions the UK is taking across all government departments which engage in delivering Official Development Assistance (ODA).
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Sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment in any organisation is completely unacceptable, particularly in a sector which aims to help some of the most vulnerable people in the world. Official Development Assistance (ODA) must be delivered in a way that does no harm. Sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment undermines the aid sector as a whole and limits our ability to deliver positive change.
This strategy explains what UK government departments that engage in ODA will do to improve safeguarding standards internally, in partner organisations, and across the whole international aid sector. It builds on the work of the October 2018 London Safeguarding Summit.