Strategic Evaluation of WFP’s Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme (WFP), 2024.

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WFPELR2346

A strategic evaluation of WFP’s work on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse between March 2017 and October 2023 was commissioned by the Office of Evaluation. Sexual exploitation and abuse is a serious risk to the people WFP seeks to serve, a violation of humanitarian principles and a serious ethical and reputational risk for WFP. It results from power imbalances between aid providers and communities, leading to an increased risk of sexual exploitation through transactional sex and survival sex – particularly in contexts where aid programming is scaled up or down. The evaluation assessed WFP’s norms and standards, the effectiveness of its practices, coherence across partnerships and the enabling and hindering factors surrounding its activity on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse. It also explored WFP’s readiness to adapt to medium-term challenges. Sexual harassment, investigations and case management were outside the scope of the evaluation.

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ELR 2346

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MON-128904