Call on the WHO to End Sexual Violence and Harassment in Health

On 10th December 2021, Human Rights Day, Women in Global Health in partnership with Actions pour la Réinsertion sociale de la Femme, FEMNET, and more than 140 civil society organizations across the globe have sent a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) to act now to prevent and eliminate all forms of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH) in health. The letter has been kept open for more signatures until the WHO’s Executive Board taking place on 24 – 29 January 2022.

Joining other organizations, WFPHA wishes to express deep concern at the SEAH of women and girls by WHO staff during the tenth Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) detailed in the report by the Independent Commission.

WFPHA stands with survivors of SEAH and whistleblowers in their pursuit of justice and the truth, and calls on WHO to act now to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls.