Months after Oxfam whistleblowers went public, nothing has changed. And the plight of women of colour is still hidden
• Oxfam sexual abuse scandal fallout was ‘out of proportion’, says Clare Short
Allegations of sexual abuse against Oxfam are “completely distorted and out of all proportion”. That was the verdict of Clare Short, the former international development secretary, this week when she appeared before the parliamentary committee investigating abuse scandals in the aid sector.
She declared: “I’m not in any way trying to belittle taking it seriously, but I did think the hysterical response to the Times reporting– as though everyone working in development was morally disgusting and everyone was sexually abusing everyone – was way exaggerated and disproportionate.”
We received more than 80 anonymous testimonies from women describing sexual harassment, physical abuse and rape
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