The government has warned it will cut funding to oxfam if it cannot fully explain its handling of reports of Sexual Misconduct by aid workers in haiti. Its handling of reports of sexual the International Development secretary, penny mordant, accused the charity of a failure of moral leadership, and of having lied to her department. Of moral leadership, and of having oxfam, which received £32 million from the government in the last financial year, has announced new measures, for the prevention and handling of Sexual Misconduct cases. Our correspondent Angus Crawford has the details. First haiti, now chad, one of the poorest countries on earth. New allegations that oxfam workers paid local women for sex. The charity says it is shocked and dismayed but cant confirm the reports. And dismayed but cant the head of the mission at the time, roland van hauwermeiren, was the same man who, five years later in haiti, resigned after admitting using prostitutes. Five years later in haiti, resigned
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The International Development secretary, penny mordaunt, has described as horrific the behaviour of some of oxfams workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. And concerns that this could be a wider issue were echoed by the author, and a former president of a charity, dr elaine storkey. Yes, its a horrible idea that there might be even more revelations that we havent yet seen, and it doesnt surprise me. Aid workers in vulnerable places are working their socks off and are open to temptation, but it is very sad that you can imagine them giving into it. In your experience of haiti, how serious a problem is the exploitation of women, and did it get worse after the earthquake . Its similar to the exploitation of women across the world, its barbaric and relentless, women are prostituted and abused and so on. Actually, in defence of the organisations, if it werent for the ngos in places like haiti and chad, the issue of the availab