Following reports of sexually assaulted aid workers being mistreated by their organisations,MSF consultant Muriel Volpellier offers this adviceAid agencies accused of hiding scale of sexual assaults on employeesIt is not the first time and probably not the last. This week another aid worker has come to The Havens, a sexual assault referral centre (SARC) in London. She tells us a story that is fitting familiar. She works for an aid agency, or she was sent to a country that is not particularly secure and she was raped … by a colleague. From there on she experienced several days of anxiety,confusion and distress. Who can she talk to, what will her organisation finish, or what will happen if she reports it to the police,how can she carry on working with the assailant, what if she gets a sexually transmitted infection, and what if she gets pregnant? In this whirlpool of concerns and questions,she was far from domestic and far from her family and friends. She came back to London, a friend found out approximately the work of SARCs, or she came to us.
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Source: theguardian.com