PSEA Guidance Notes HCT -May 2019

Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) by aid workers directly contradicts the principles upon which humanitarian action is based and represents a protection failure on the part of the aid and peace keeping community. SEA inflicts harm on those whom the humanitarian community are seeking to protect, as well as jeopardizes the credibility of all assistance agencies. The revelations of the extent of the problem in West Africa in 2002 led to a number of initiatives by the humanitarian community to address the matter.