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Rights experts call for greater global action to end child sexual exploitation and abuse

New York: Countries must step up efforts to combat the global emergency of child exploitation and abuse, six UN-appointed human rights experts said on Friday. more

Prevention is ‘only cure’ to end sexual violence in conflict, Security Council hears

New York: “Prevention is the best and only cure” to stem the multiple, devastating and enduring consequences faced by survivors of sexual violence in conflict, especially as a ...

Shining a light on sexually exploited women and girls forced into crime

New York: Trafficked and sexually exploited woman and girls can find themselves facing prosecution and conviction for those very same crimes, in some countries, a new UN report shows. The ...

COVID-19 worsening gender-based violence, trafficking risk, for women and girls

New York: With the COVID-19 pandemic heightening the dangers of gender-based violence and human trafficking, action on these two fronts is needed now more than ever, the head of the UN Of ...

UN recorded 64 new allegations of sexual exploitation or abuse in the past three months

New York, Across its various offices, agencies, and partner organisations implementing its programmes, the United Nations received 64 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA ...

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