Hi, this is Paula. As sexual abuse allegations against WHO employees continue to emerge, the organisation says it is working hard to address and prevent the scourge. We hear from a survivor and experts on what still needs to change.
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World Health Organization logo in Geneva. (Guilhem Vellut)
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Minding the gap on sexual abuse at WHO.
A day after media reported on alleged abuses by a senior scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), an all-female team from the UN agency told a waning number of journalists at a pre-weekend briefing in Geneva that strides were being made in preventing and addressing sexual misconduct in the institution. But for survivors and experts, there’s still a long way to go.
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