More than 50 women accused aid workers with large humanitarian NGOs of sexual abuse during the 2018-2020 Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including some from the Christian group World Vision.
Several women said they were forced to have sex in exchange for a job, or to avoid the termination of a contract. It was reported that this kind of abuse is common in countries where there is a culture of sexual exploitation.
Among the testimonies collected by the investigation, five women reported that they were exploited by ‘men who said they worked for World Vision’. The Christian organisation has released a statement, stressing that they are ‘shocked and horrified’.
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