UN found no managerial misconduct at WHO in Congo sex scandal
Published on: Tuesday 31 January 2023
A U.N. investigation into the World Health Organization's managerial mishandling of a sex scandal in the Democratic Republic of Congo found that allegations against senior staff were "unsubstantiated," the health agency chief said on Tuesday. Dozens of aid workers including some from the WHO were involved in sexual abuse and exploitation during an Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an independent commission found in 2021 after victims' stories surfaced in the media. The women, including cooks, cleaners and community workers, had told reporters that aid workers had demanded sex in exchange for jobs between 2018 and 2020.