Sex abuse is 'endemic in the British aid sector's boys club', MPs claim as they blast 'denial culture' by charity bosses
MPs say 'macho' environment contributes to toleration of sexual exploitation
They accuse aid sector of 'complacency verging on complicity' over scandal
Failings highlighted relating to recipients of aid and attacks on charity workers
Delivery of help to people in crisis subverted by sexual predators, report finds
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The report, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the Aid Sector, follows the exposure of abuse by Oxfam aid workers in Haiti in 2011. Among devastating conclusions, it found:
Oxfam was more concerned about risk to its reputation than the danger recipients of aid would be abused;
Charities and the Department for International Development ignored reports of sexual abuse going back almost two decades;
The United Nations is still in denial about abuse by its staff, some of whom have immunity from prosecution;
Abuse against aid workers themselves – including rape – may be more prevalent than previously thought;
Whistleblowers are afraid to speak out for fear of losing their jobs.