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Sep
19
2020
By The African Mirror
UN staff in Uganda accused of sexual abuse and exploitation

UN staff in Uganda accused of sexual abuse and exploitation

NEWS
SAMUEL OKIROR THE United Nations has launched an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse and the exploitation of vulnerable women by members of its staff in Uganda’s drought-stricken northeastern Karamoja region. The inquiry by the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services, which began early this month, follows allegations by a whistleblower of sexual abuse and exploitation by a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) staffer against a “female victim” – and a more general pattern of serious sexual misconduct by other UN staff working in what is Uganda’s poorest region. The allegations centre on the World Food Programme compound in the…
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Aug
01
2020
By The African Mirror
U.N. to train Botswana traditional leaders to fight gender-based abuse

U.N. to train Botswana traditional leaders to fight gender-based abuse

NEWS
KELETSO THOBEGA DOZENS of traditional leaders in Botswana will take part in a U.N. training programme that aims to help them tackle high rates of gender-based violence in the country, officials and leaders said on Friday. Nearly 70% of women in the southern African nation have experienced physical or sexual abuse - more than double the global average, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF). As women's rights campaigners warn of a spike in domestic abuse due to coronavirus restrictions that have trapped women indoors with their abusers, traditional leaders welcomed the initiative and the opportunity to help. "No…
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Jul
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Could genealogy websites help catch aid worker sex abusers

Could genealogy websites help catch aid worker sex abusers

SCIENCE, TECH AND INNOVATION
EMMA BATHA TECHNOLOGY that helped catch a U.S. serial murderer, dubbed the Golden State Killer, could be used to track down aid workers who sexually abuse girls and women overseas, according to the team behind a groundbreaking project in the Philippines. In abuse cases which result in pregnancy, scientists say DNA could be taken from the child with the mother's consent and uploaded to a genealogy database to trace the father. The technology has been made possible by the popularity of commercial genealogy services which now hold DNA data on millions of people keen to explore their ancestry. "I'm really…
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