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WHO Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment

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LAST VERIFIED 2026-10-01

Sexual misconduct-including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, sexual harassment (SEAH), and sexual violence-by our personnel violates the rights, dignity, and well‑being of the people we serve and the people we work with. It stands in direct contradiction to WHO's values and our fundamental responsibility to do no harm. Sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) affecting the populations we serve, and sexual harassment (SH) within our workforce, arise from the same power…

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