The sexual abuse of vulnerable women and girls in several African countries by international aid workers was recently described as 'endemic'.
. But opting for criminal law and the courtroom rests on a deeply simplistic framing of structural power imbalances in aid. Legal strategies are costly and slow. The focus on sexual violence in disasters and conflicts also risks crowding out concern for otherSince 2016 there has been a significant focus on the localisation of aid. The Charter for Change focuses on contracting, resource allocation, transparency and communication. It highlights the importance of.
At the same time, there is a persistent call for international actors to do, control and know more about what goes on locally to limit corruption, incompetence and abuse. This call comes partly from media in donor states addressing taxpayers, but also from watchdogs within the sector. This is also the case for sexual exploitation. In its report, Human Rights Watch demands that “international partners, particularly the UN, should ensureof the conduct of local officials during the distribution of humanitarian aid”. This will not come for free.
The question is how a balance can be found between control and localisation – and who gets to determine what this balance should be.
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