Campaigners working to highlight sexual discrimination and violence against female aid workers and development staff have welcomed a move by top humanitarian officials to implement their recommendations to combat the abuse.
The Humanitarian Women’s Network was set up earlier this year by a group of female aid workers in response to growing concerns about the number of women suffering harassment and attacks while working on aid projects.
HWN has petitioned the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, which is led by the United Nations and acts as the central forum for the coordination of humanitarian assistance between different agencies, and NGOs, to take up the issue.