16 Days Of Activism Against Gender Base Violence 2024

ZERO TOLERANCE  FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ABUSE OR GBV IN SUDAN

The severe food insecurity and water scarcity including the ongoing crisis in Sudan are having devastating effects on the lives of women, girls, and children, exacerbating the already dire humanitarian situation. Women and girls, disproportionately impacted by the conflict, face heightened risks of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), and the looming threat of famine only compounds their suffering in addition of continues home violence.

Women and girls with disabilities remain at risk gender-based violence (GBV), comprising rape, SEA. Moreover, the risks of SEA remain high due to widespread economic hardship, driven by increasing prices of basic goods such as food, water, and fuel. The lack of suitable shelter and hunger can heighten the risk of all forms of GBV and SEA for women, girls, and boys, who may engage in survival or transactional sex in exchange for humanitarian aid.

KEY MESSAGES

Sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) is an unacceptable behavior, a breach of fundamental human rights and inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature committed by United Nations (UN) personnel, including personnel of entities associated with the UN, and other aid actors against recipients of assistance and other members of local communities.

Sexual abuse is the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions, perpetrated by aid workers against the children and families we serve.

We in BPW SUDAN Prohibited conduct includes, but is not limited to:

• Sexual activity with children (persons under the age of 18), regardless of the age of majority or age of consent locally.
• Exchange of money, employment, goods, food, assistance or services for sex and sexual favours.
• Sexual activity with prostitutes, even when it is legal in the country.
• Using a child or adult to procure sex for others.
• Any sexual relationship between aid workers and beneficiaries that involves improper use of rank or position.