January 18, 2018: The Guardian's Rebecca Ratcliffe writes on the UN's culture of impunity regarding sexual harassment and assault among UN staff. Code Blue's Paula Donovan comments. (Photo: Shutterstock.com)
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January 16, 2017: USA Today reports on the United Nations' ongoing sexual exploitation and abuse crisis. The Code Blue Campaign's Paula Donovan highlights the UN's flawed approach to allegations of abuse. (UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe)
January 15, 2018: Radio France Internationale (RFI) interviews AIDS-Free World Co-Director, Paula Donovan, about the outcome of a legal case in French courts against French 'Sangaris' soldiers accused of sexual abuse of minors in the Central African Republic.
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January 15, 2018: French magistrates have dismissed a case brought against a group of French 'Sangaris' soldiers accused of sexually abusing children in the Central African Republic in 2013-2014. (UN Photo / Martine Perret)
November 3, 2017: The UN reported 31 new allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against peacekeepers and civilians working for UN agencies between July and September, 2017. In this AP piece, the Code Blue Campaign's Paula Donovan comments on the UN's new Victims' Right Advocate. (UN Photo / Eskinder Dedebe)
October 12, 2017: Yahoo News' Michael Walsh reports on the latest allegation of sexual exploitation and abuse by a UN peacekeeper in the Central African Republic. Code Blue's Paula Donovan comments on the enormous extent of the problem, "present in UN missions around the world." (UN Photo / Marie Frechon)
October 11, 2017: A new allegation of sexual abuse by a UN peacekeeper, against a teenage girl in the Central African Republic, surfaced after Amnesty International publicly reported the allegation. AP references the Code Blue Campaign's report on leaked UN fact-finding inquiries into sexual exploitation and abuse allegations in the Central African Republic. (UN Photo / Sylvain Liechti)
September 28, 2017: AP's Krista Larson reports on the UN's growing fund for sexual abuse victims, while the Code Blue Campaign's Paula Donovan draws attention to the fact that the 'trust fund' provides no funds or support to individual victims. (UN Photo / Sylvain Liechti)
September 27, 2017: The Irish Times' Ruairi Casey reports on the recent developments in the UN's response to sexual exploitation and abuse. The Code Blue Campaign's Paula Donovan points to the fundamental conflict of interest of the UN investigating itself. (UN Photo / Sylvain Liechti)
September 19, 2017: AP's Alexandra Olson reports on the UN's High-level meeting on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, days after the Code Blue Campaign released internal UN documents detailing new allegations of peacekeeper abuse in the Central African Republic. (UN Photo / Evan Schneider)
July 27, 2017: Fox's George Russell reports on a new internal UN assessment report, revealing the UN's peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic's (MINUSCA) inadequate efforts to record, investigate and keep track of sexual exploitation and abuse allegations and train personnel. Code Blue's Paula Donovan comments on the UN's "zero-tolerance policy". (UN Photo / Sylvain Liechti)
July 1, 2017: Al Jazeera's Azad Essa reports on new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeeping personnel from the Republic of Congo, in the Central African Republic. Code Blue's Paula Donovan comments. (UN Photo / Albert González Farran)
June 21, 2017: The UN has announced that the Republic of Congo is withdrawing its peacekeeping troops from the Central African Republic, following allegations of sexual abuse. AP reports on the Code Blue Campaign's statement regarding the withdrawal. (UN Photo / Marie Frechon)
June 19, 2017: More than 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home following allegations of sex abuse and other misconduct, following an open letter and a leaked 66-page report made public by the Code Blue Campaign earlier this month. (UN Photo/Nektarios Markogiannis)
June 9, 2017: Fox's George Russell reports on the UN's confidential "operational readinesss assessment" and memo concerning a notorious Congolese peacekeeping battalion in the Central African Republic, released in the Code Blue Campaign's open letter to the Secretary-General. Code Blue's Paula Donovan asks, “What will it take for the U.N. to institute real reforms?” (UN Photo/Albert González Farran)
June 7, 2017: Reuters reports on a confidential memo released by the Code Blue Campaign, in which the force commander of the UN's mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) called for the repatriation of hundreds of Congolese troops for sexual exploitation and abuse. (UN Photo / Nektarios Markogiannis)
June 6, 2017: The UN force commander in the Central African Republic is calling for hundreds of peacekeepers from Congo Republic to be sent home for sexual abuse, fuel trafficking and poor discipline, according to a confidential memo released Tuesday by the Code Blue Campaign. (UN Photo / Manuel Elias)
June 2, 2017: In an op-ed in the Haitian Times, Code Blue's Paula Donovan comments on ongoing impunity for sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeeping personnel in Haiti, as the UN Mission (MINUSTAH) begins to wind down. (UN Photo / Logan Abassi)
June 1, 2017: As the UN Mission in Haiti prepares its drawdown, Reuters interviews Haitian women who have yet to receive support and answers on outstanding paternity claims against UN peacekeepers. Code Blue's Sharanya Kanikkannan points to a glaring accountability gap. (UN Photo / Logan Abassi)
May 26, 2017: A new Associated Press investigative report shines a light on how a Haiti sex ring by Sri Lankan peacekeepers was whitewashed by the UN system. (UN Photo / Logan Abassi)