Under the Ebola crisis, who employees were accused of sexually assaulting several women! Tan Desai:

Original title: under the Ebola crisis, who employees were accused of sexually assaulting multiple women! Tan Desai: it's sad
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According to foreign media reports such as CNN, an independent who committee released a report on the 28th that more than 80 aid workers were involved in sexual abuse and exploitation during the Ebola virus crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including staff of the World Health Organization.

A survey report released last year by Thomson Reuters foundation and new humanitarian organization showed that more than 50 women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo accused aid workers of who and other charities of forcing them to have sex in exchange for work during 2018-2020. Subsequently, who announced the appointment of achatou mindaoudou, former Minister of foreign affairs and social development of Niger, and julienne lusenge, a human rights activist, as co chairs to lead an independent commission on sexual abuse and exploitation during the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In its report released on the 28th, the committee said that 21 of the 83 alleged perpetrators were employed by who. Malick Coulibaly, a member of the committee, said at a press conference: "the review team has determined that these hypothetical victims are required to provide sexual relations in exchange for or in order to keep their jobs." he added that many male perpetrators refused to take contraceptive measures, resulting in 29 victims becoming pregnant, and some were later forced to have abortions by the perpetrators.

Who director general Tan Desai said the report was "sad" and apologized to the women victims. He said, "what happened to you should not happen to anyone. This is unforgivable. My first task is to ensure that the perpetrators are held accountable." he promised to take further measures. Tamdesai had previously promised zero tolerance for sexual abuse.
At a press conference on the 28th, the director of the WHO Regional Office for Africa, matshidiso moeti, said that the report made the who feel "ashamed, shocked and heartbroken". The report states that abuse occurred due to "obvious structural damage" and "personal negligence".
Who officials said that these known perpetrators of violence have been prohibited from being employed by who in the future, and the employment contracts of the four persons involved who are still working at who have been terminated.

According to the report, a 14-year-old girl told the committee that in April 2019, she sold mobile phone recharge cards on the roadside in Mangina. At that time, a driver employed by who offered to take her home. But he took her to a hotel and raped her there. Later, she gave birth to his child.
Some women who were already working told the review team that they had been sexually harassed by men in supervisory positions who forced them to have sex in order to keep their jobs, get paid or get higher paid positions. Some women said they were fired for refusing to have sex, while others still didn't get the job they wanted after having sex.
One of the victims said after the report was released that she hoped the perpetrators would be "severely punished". Julie London, a member of the media women's Union of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, called on the who to provide compensation, saying that "the who must also consider compensating women traumatized by rape and dozens of children accidentally pregnant due to rape".