In the wake of the Oxfam scandal,the Guardian interviewed aid workers who all said that sexual exploitation is rife (abundant or plentiful, full of sth bad or unpleasant) in the sectorSenior figures in the humanitarian world have described the allegations of sexual exploitation that have embroiled Oxfam as the tip of the iceberg and the aid sector’s #MeToo moment.
In interviews with the Guardian, humanitarian officials with experience working across the globe have told largely similar stories of colleagues’ exercise of sex workers, and suspicions of the exploitation of vulnerable women for sex including minors – and a unwillingness of their organisations to properly tackle the issue.
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Source: guardian.co.uk