Anonymous ID: c83c3b Feb. 12, 2018, 9:10 a.m. No.351878   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1903

Oxfam: Deputy resigns over sex claims amid crisis talks

 

Oxfam's deputy chief executive has resigned over the handling of a sex scandal involving aid workers.

 

The British charity is accused of concealing the findings of an inquiry into claims staff used prostitutes while delivering aid in Haiti in 2011.

 

Penny Lawrence said she was "ashamed" and takes full responsibility.

 

Oxfam - which denies a cover-up - has met with the International Development Secretary in a bid to prevent its government funding from being cut.

 

Mark Goldring, chief executive of Oxfam GB, thanked Ms Lawrence for her service and said he "deeply respected" her decision to accept personal responsibility.

 

Ms Lawrence joined Oxfam GB in 2006 as international programmes director, leading teams across 60 countries, according to the charity's website.

 

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"Concerns were raised about the behaviour of staff in Chad as well as Haiti that we failed to adequately act upon," she said in a statement.

 

"It is now clear that these allegations - involving the use of prostitutes and which related to behaviour of both the country director and members of his team in Chad - were raised before he moved to Haiti."

 

Meanwhile the European Commission has said it expects full clarity and maximum transparency from Oxfam, adding that it is ready to "cease funding any partner not living up to high ethical standards".

 

The charity's programme in Haiti received €1.7m in EU funds in 2011.

 

The Innocent drinks company - one of Oxfam's corporate sponsors which donates around £100,000 per year- said it wants to see a clear plan "for how this could not ever happen again".

 

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