United Nations System-wide Training Module
In August 2021, the Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate began working with the Chief Executives Board (CEB) Task Force on Addressing Sexual Harassment, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to develop a 2.5-hour training module for all United Nations staff and related personnel directed to providing them with a clear understanding of the rights of victims of sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse, and what a victim-centred approach means in practice.
This training outlines the responsibilities of each person working for the United Nations so that they know how to respond in accordance with the victim-centred approach as soon as they become aware of an allegation of sexual misconduct, irrespective of whether they are providing direct assistance to complainants and victims.
The training emphasizes that preventing and responding to sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse are not issues to be dealt with by a small part of the United Nations or a group of specialists – it is our shared responsibility.
"What is a Victim-Centred Approach?" — Jane Connors, First United Nations Victims’ Rights Advocate (2017-2024), introduces the concept and training module
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Training module materials
Facilitators
Video messages from Senior Officials
Stephen Jackson
United Nations Resident Coordinator for Kenya
Bintou Keita
Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
Cindy McCain
Executive Director, World Food Programme
IASC Champion on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment
Amy Pope
Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Christian Saunders
Special Coordinator on Improving the United Nations Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Hannan Sulieman
Chair, United Nations Executive Group to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Harassment (Executive Group)
Volker Türk
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights