Australian aid groups report dozens of sexual misconduct cases
by Lisa Martin from World news | The Guardian on (#43BFV)
Peak aid body review finds victims of abuse by humanitarian workers included children
Australian international aid groups reported 76 incidents of alleged sexual misconduct over the past three years, including one case in which a humanitarian worker impregnated a local woman.
The peak body for the aid sector - the Australian Council for International Development (Acfid) - commissioned an independent review into sexual misconduct earlier this year following revelations that Oxfam UK staff had hired prostitutes in Haiti after a major earthquake in 2010.
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