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Using innovative approaches to better understand Sexual Harassment and Exploitation within the Food Distribution Program

Document number
1883
Date
2005
Title
Using innovative approaches to better understand Sexual Harassment and Exploitation within the Food Distribution Program
Author/publisher
CARE International
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Economy in transition, Youth employment, State socialism, Socio-Economic transition, Discrimination, Unemployment, Poverty, Community development, Social security, Social exclusion, Health care, Drugs abuse, Health, HIV/AIDS, Globalisation;
Summary
Overall Objective
The initiative aims at contributing to the respect and defense of the WFP Food aid beneficiaries' dignity by fighting sexual harassment and exploitation within the food distribution project in Burundi.
Specific Objectives
a) investigate to see if sexual relations are used to have access to food aid
b) Identify the reasons and mechanisms to be used to avoid such a practice
c) Identify other existing practices of corruption within the food aid distribution structure
d) Raise the community awareness (administration, beneficiaries committees) on their interest, rights and duties within the food aid distributions structure so that it can mobilize in consequence.
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