Paula Donovan

A Task for the Next UN Secretary-General: Review the Special Envoy System

February 23, 2016

When a tough independent report sharply criticized the United Nations in December for its bungled attempts to cover up, or at least ignore, the sexual abuse of children by peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic in recent years, it named among the people responsible for letting the children down Leila Zerrougui, Secretary-General Ban …

Secretary-General, UN Diplomats, UN Special Envoys

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France and the UN Pressured to Act on Troops’ Sex Abuse in Central Africa

June 6, 2015

by Dulcie Leimbach

The uproar over accusations that French soldiers assigned to peacekeeping had sexually abused about a dozen boys in the Central African Republic from late 2013 through mid-2014 has shifted focus from the apparent behavior of the soldiers to the role the United Nations played in dealing with the allegations. The French soldiers were not …

Africa, Gender-Based Violence, UN Agencies

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An Independent Report on Sexual Abuse Cases by UN Peacekeepers Surfaces

March 16, 2015

by Dulcie Leimbach

A report commissioned by the United Nations but never made public — which studied sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN peacekeepers — has been released online by AIDS-Free World, a nonprofit organization founded by two former UN officials, Stephen Lewis and Paula Donovan. The report, written by an independent three-person team, was based …

Peace and Security, UN Peacekeeping, Women

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Calling the UN to Account to Stop the HIV/AIDS Scourge

April 23, 2014

by Danielle M. Bennett

It has been 33 years since the first reports of HIV/AIDS surfaced, and the pandemic, which has never been found to be racial, ethnic or gender specific among the population, is now affecting women the most. They account for more than half of the people living with HIV/AIDS — approximately 16.1 million women out …

Caribbean, Health and Population, Women

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Nigeria Attracts Latest Criticism for Anti-Gay Laws

January 15, 2014

by Barbara Crossette

In an open letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Michel Sidibé, the executive director of UNAIDS, the organization called AIDS-Free World wants answers to questions about how the UN will deal with Nigeria after the adoption of a sweeping law broadening the criminalization of homosexuality. Nigeria has the second-largest number of people …

Africa, Human Rights

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Paula Donovan

A Task for the Next UN Secretary-General: Review the Special Envoy System

France and the UN Pressured to Act on Troops’ Sex Abuse in Central Africa

An Independent Report on Sexual Abuse Cases by UN Peacekeepers Surfaces

Calling the UN to Account to Stop the HIV/AIDS Scourge

Nigeria Attracts Latest Criticism for Anti-Gay Laws

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