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title: "Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment in the International Aid Sector: Victim and Survivor voices: Main Findings from a DFID-led Listening Exercise – Department for International Development"
description: “From June to October 2018, DFID reached out to and established an ongoing dialogue with a diverse range of both southern and international representatives of victims and survivors. The testimony they heard led us to group the findings of our…
url: "https://digna.ca/docs/sexual-exploitation-abuse-and-harassment-in-the-international-aid-sector-victim-and-survivor-voices-main-findings-from-a-dfid-led-listening-exercise-department-for-international-development/"
updated: "2022-03-15"
category: Supporting SEA Survivors
---

# Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment in the International Aid Sector: Victim and Survivor voices: Main Findings from a DFID-led Listening Exercise – Department for International Development

“From June to October 2018, DFID reached out to and established an ongoing dialogue with a diverse range of both southern and international representatives of victims and survivors. The testimony they heard led us to group the findings of our research into 3 separate but interlocking areas:

- Barriers to reporting sexual exploitationabuse and harassment 
- Reporting mechanisms and systems and 
- Victim and survivor support”

This report seeks to “drive change across the sector to foster an atmosphere in which individuals feel supported in coming forward”

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