Training organized for the Immediate Response Team in MINUSTAH
In August 2016, the United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti (MINUSTAH) hosted a five-day training of the “First Immediate Response Team (IRT) Foundation Course”. The training was organized through the initiative of the Department of Field Support (DFS) and delivered in coordination with the…
Theatre, music and dance as tools for sensitization on the zero tolerance policy
MONUSCO campaigns through dance and theatre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Conduct and Discipline Team (CDT) in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), in close collaboration with the Center for Mentoring Youth of the…
Outreach campaigns on Mikado FM
MINUSMA is making use of radio for outreach and awareness raising campaigns in Mali. As part of its outreach activities for prevention of misconduct and sexual exploitation and abuse by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), the Conduct and Discipline…
From page to stage: prevention through theatre
To educate and increase awareness, UNAMID is using theatre as a training method. In raising awareness of the United Nations zero tolerance policy with respect to sexual exploitation and abuse, the Conduct and Discipline Team (CDT) in the African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur…
E-learning training to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse
The Department of Field Support launched a new online training programme on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse in September 2016. The training programme is mandatory for all uniformed and civilian personnel and is intended to strengthen training on the standards of conduct, with a…
Trust Fund for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse is operational
A Trust Fund in support of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse was established in March 2016. Focusing on improving the ability of the United Nations to provide protection and support to the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse, the trust fund is aimed at, among other things, engaging in…
Member States reaffirm their commitment to preventing sexual exploitation and abuse and to supporting victims
Trust Fund The Trust Fund in Support of Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse was established by the United Nations in March 2016. The purpose of the Trust Fund is to provide greater support to victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations and related personnel. Since 2016, the Trust…
MONUSCO supports South African Defence Forces’ prevention efforts on SEA ahead of latest peacekeeping deployment to the DRC
United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) Conduct and Discipline Officers from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) trained some 820 South African peacekeepers on prevention of sexual exploitation and…
Sexual exploitation and abuse: a subject unlike any other
Covering an allegation of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers is unlike any other subject for journalists. With the goal of helping local media better understand and cover this complex issue, our missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the Central African Republic…
Haiti: MINUJUSTH police called to carry the ‘No Excuse’ pocket card on sexual exploitation and abuse
On 13 December 2017, Brig. Gen. Georges-Pierre Monchotte, the United Nations Mission for Justice in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) Police Commissioner, gathered his section chiefs, heads of the Formed Police Units (FPU), contingent chiefs and members of the Women’s Police Network to hand out pocket cards on…
MINUSCA: Prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse also starts in the classroom
The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) paid a visit to a high school in Bangui in January to inform students on how the UN works to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse by its personnel. “Sexual exploitation and abuse affect every layer of the society…
MONUSCO launches projects to assist victims of sexual exploitation and abuse
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( MONUSCO) inaugurated in May in Sake, 27 km west of Goma (North Kivu), several projects in support of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN and related personnel. These projects aim to strengthen communities…