The CEO Pledge on Preventing Sexual Abuse, Exploitation, and Harassment by and of NGO Staff represents our commitment to practices and policies that will not only protect our own staff, but also the communities we serve.
“We recognize the long-term effects that sexual abuse, exploitation, and harassment have on individuals and work cultures, and this pledge sets out a series of promises from NGOs leaders" said InterAction President Lindsay Coates .
“Food security is not just about food. It’s about giving farmers in rural areas a disposable income,” said Paul Guenette
"Ending hunger in our lifetimes is possible, but many challenges to this goal remain"
Oxfam America President Abby Maxman hopes this is just the beginning of coordinated and collective action that the aid and development world needs to stamp out sexual abuse and harassment.
With continued revelations of Russia’s attempts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a specious narrative has come back into circulation: that Moscow’s campaign of political warfare is no different from U.S.- supported democracy assistance.
In the face of humanitarian crises, increasing violent conflict, and famine, American leadership across the globe is needed now more than ever.
"In a world of such complex challenges, it is vital that the United States continues its role in global leadership and engagement. "
InterAction makes ten discrete commitments in order to better serve those in humanitarian need across the globe.
Five years after the Rana Plaza disaster, Bangladesh garment worker-organizers say employers still neglect worker safety.
