USAID Action Alliance for Preventing Sexual Misconduct (AAPSM) Measuring Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian and Development Settings

Challenges in Monitoring and Measuring SEA in the Field and Using Focus Groups and Participatory Methods to Understand SEA

Presenters

• Patricia McIlreavy, Vice President, Humanitarian Policy and Practice, InterAction
• Colleen Striegel, Founder and Executive Director, HumanitarianHR
• Maureen Murphy, Research Scientist, Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University (GWU)

Summary

This session explored the use of focus groups and participatory methods to better understand the prevalence of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) in humanitarian settings, as well as any environment in which there are significant power imbalances.

Presentation: “SEA Challenges in the Field”