United Nations System-wide Training Module
In August 2021, the Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate began working with the (CEB) Task Force on Addressing Sexual Harassment, the (IOM) and the (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 ¨C it is our shared responsibility.
"What is a Victim-Centred Approach?" ¡ª Jane Connors, First United Nations Victims¡¯ Rights Advocate (2017-2024), introduces the concept and training module
Training module materials
Facilitators
Participants
Video messages from Senior Officials
United Nations Resident Coordinator for Kenya
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)
Executive Director, World Food Programme
IASC Champion on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment
Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Special Coordinator on Improving the United Nations Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Chair, United Nations Executive Group to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Harassment (Executive Group)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights