20 minutes agoOver 50 women in Republic D. Congo accuses OBS workers of sexual abuse
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)More than 50 women have accused health workers from the World Health Organisation and leaders NGOs of sexual exploitation and abuse during efforts to fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the interviews, 51 women presented many cases of abuse incidents, mainly by men who said they were international workers, during the crisis [...]
In the interviews, 51 women presented many cases of abuse incidents, mainly by men who said they were international workers, during the Ebola crisis in 2018 to 2020.
Most women said that a number of men had either been proposed to have sex, or they had been forced in exchange for a job or stopped contracts when they refused, reports The Guardian, render Periscope.
The number and similarity of most of the cases presented by women in the eastern city of Ben means that the practice has been widespread, with three organisations already pledging to investigate the charges.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on these claims to “be fully understood”.
Some women said they had been lured into drinking, others being trapped in offices and hospitals, and some said they were locked in rooms by men who were promised jobs or threatened to fire them if they did not cooperate.
A 44-year-old man who told reporters she had sex with a man who worked for the OBS to get a job.
She and other women spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of revenge. /Periscope
