{"id":140952,"date":"2018-06-14T04:51:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T04:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/oxfam-gb-banned-from-haiti-after-sex-scandal\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T04:51:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T04:51:59","slug":"oxfam-gb-banned-from-haiti-after-sex-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/oxfam-gb-banned-from-haiti-after-sex-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxfam GB banned from Haiti after sex scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oxfam workers in Haiti in 2016\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/BC5D\/production\/_102012284_oxfam_haiti_2016.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Oxfam\/EPA<figcaption>Image caption                                      Oxfam GB operations in Haiti were suspended in February                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Oxfam GB has been banned from operating in Haiti after its staff were accused of sexual misconduct following the 2010 earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti&#039;s government said the decision was taken because of Oxfam&#039;s &quot;violation of its laws and serious breach of the principle of human dignity&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Oxfam said it understood the decision, adding that the behaviour of some staff was &quot;completely unacceptable&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti&#039;s decision follows a temporary suspension announced in February.<\/p>\n<p>The charity said it would continue to work in Haiti through affiliate members from Italy, Spain, and Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>Oxfam has been in Haiti since 1978, and increased its presence after the earthquake. But there have been no Oxfam GB staff in the country since the suspension in February.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oxfam chief executive to stand down<\/li>\n<li>Haiti suspends Oxfam GB operations<\/li>\n<li>How the Oxfam scandal unfolded<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Claims first emerged in the Times that staff, including a former country director, used prostitutes while based in Haiti after the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Four employees were fired for &quot;gross misconduct&quot; and three others, including the country director Roland Van Hauwermeiren, were allowed to leave the charity.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Van Hauwermeiren denied paying for sex but admitted &quot;making mistakes&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Oxfam offered its &quot;humblest apologies&quot; to Haiti. Thousands of people stopped making regular donations to the charity after the scandal emerged.<\/p>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p05ys08j.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionIn February, then Oxfam boss Mark Goldring apologised in front of MPs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Responding to Haiti&#039;s decision, Oxfam GB said: &quot;The behaviour of some former Oxfam staff working in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake was completely unacceptable. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We have apologised to the government and the Haitian people for what happened.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>Oxfam GB said stronger measures to prevent harassment and abuse have been in place since 2011 and a safeguarding plan was introduced after the scandal broke. <\/p>\n<p>It has also appointed an independent commission to review its culture and practices.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Reuters<figcaption>Image caption                                      Haiti&#039;s minister of planning and external cooperation Aviol Fleurant announced the government&#039;s decision in Port-au-Prince                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oxfam GB chief executive Mark Goldring announced his resignation last month, saying that someone else should help &quot;rebuild&quot; the group following  the scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti&#039;s minister of planning and external cooperation, Aviol Fleurant, said a draft law was being prepared to give the government closer control over foreign charities operating in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Oxfam\/EPAImage caption Oxfam GB operations in Haiti were suspended in February Oxfam GB has been banned from operating in Haiti after its staff were accused of sexual misconduct<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}