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COCKUPS AND COVER-UPS: Why the #MeToo movement is unlikely to transform the UN

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COCKUPS AND COVER-UPS: Why the #MeToo movement is unlikely to transform the UN

Rasna Warah

June 8, 2018November 27, 2023

In February 2015, residents of Gilgil, a small town halfway between Naivasha and Nakuru in Kenya’s scenic Rift Valley – which was once known for its “Happy Valley” set – were stunned to learn that Simon Harris, a respected middle-aged British charity worker who had been living in the town since the 1990s, had been sentenced to jail for sexually abusing street children. A court in Birmingham in the UK had sentenced Harris to 17 years in prison for indecent sexual assault and for possessing indecent images of children.

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BAD AID: Sexual abuse in the aid industry and what can be done about it

Rasna Warah

March 1, 2018November 27, 2023