World Health Organization (WHO) employees are expected to be involved in rapes committed in Central Africa during the Mission to combat hemorrhagic fever Ebola. This is reported by Sky News with reference to the official report of the Special Commission.
According to the document, a total of 83 people are involved in the alleged acts of sexual violence during the two-year-old WHO Mission to respond to Ebola crisis. It has been established that among them there are both foreigners and citizens of the Congo. The accusations were presented with 21 WHO employee. The report indicates that what happened has become the largest scandal about sexual violence associated with the UN agency in recent years.
The report states that most of the accused WHO workers have been hired by a temporary basis by employees who took advantage of their “obvious authority.” However, the WHO doctor and two other officials of the organization are presumably involved in rapes, which are reportedly promised to buy land for a young woman who became pregnant after the act of violence.
WHO CEO Tedros Adan Gebresus said that the report prepared by the Commission is “painful reading”. He also regretted the fact that people had made people during the mission to protect and service in the Congo. He added that in view of what happened, the “complete reform of the structure and culture” of the organization will be required. Gebresus stressed that all guilty of rape will be prohibited to work in WHO in the future, and four people of those who were charged, were already fired, two more sent to administrative leave before finding out all the circumstances.
Member of the Congolese Union of Women in Media (Ucofem) Julie Londo (Julie Londo) praised WHO for the punishment of employees involved in rape charges, but noted that the agency should not stop at this. “WHO should also think about compensation for damage to victims of women and dozens of children born as a result of rapes,” she said. Londo stressed that in the cities of Congo Butembo and Beni there are at least 12 girls who have children from doctors during the Ebola epidemic.
Earlier, the head of WHO commented on the sex scandal with the participation of his subordinates. “We were deeply outraged by reading these reports. We will not allow such behavior from our employees or partners,” said Gebreysus.