Sharanya Kanikkannan is the legal and policy advisor for AIDS-Free World and its Code Blue Campaign to end impunity for sexual abuse committed by U.N. personnel. She has worked for the past 10 years as a human rights and gender expert, working with grassroots organizations, international civil society, government institutes, and the U.N. She specializes in feminist policy analysis and access to justice for sexual and gender-based violence.
The international aid sector has a lingering sexual abuse problem. The United Nations sets standards that other organizations follow, but its track record shows it's not up to the job.
