PSEA for CSOs

PSEA means Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

• True

• False

The consequences for victims of SEA only include physical and psychological harm, not social/economic harm 

• True

• False

Which of the following statements is false? 

• SEA violates fundamental human rights 

• The definition of SEA does not include cases involving exchanges of work for sex 

• People with power can be, among others, personnel of the UN or its implementing partners, government, men, adults, police, military, supervisors, and peers 

• Personnel of implementing partners can perpetrate SEA 

In which of the following situations do you NOT have the obligation to report? 

• A colleague is talking to an adult woman from the local community

• Your point of contact at a UN implementing partner sends you a report about sexual exploitation by the director 

  of the implementing partner 

• A young female, whose precise age you don’t know, tells you that she was raped by military personnel from the peacekeeping mission in the country you work in

• You hear a story about aid workers an NGO exchanging food items for sexual activities 

PSEA is important for all reasons except one

• It allows the opportunity to offer assistance to victims

• Perpetrators may be prevented from inflicting similar harm in the future 

• It is your moral responsibility

• Beneficiaries are safeguarded from potential harm

Who is not required to follow the UN standards of conduct on SEA? 

• UN interns & volunteers

• Implementing partners staff & affiliates

• UN Volunteers 

• Members of the local community

UN and IP Personnel are required to refrain from SEA only during office hours. They do not have to comply with the rules about SEA in their private time.

• True

• False

Your colleague told you about his recent visit to a brothel. You must report the behavior, even though prostitution is legal in the country. 

• True

• False

UN & IP personnel can engage in sexual with someone under 18 who has reached the legal age of consent in the area. 

• True

• False

All IP personnel must undertake mandatory PSEA training and familiarize themselves with PSEA definition, reporting procedures and victim assistance.

• True

• False