A new report has revealed how projects supported by a UN trust fund for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel are helping victims to regain their dignity, learn new skills,
Campaign against sexual exploitation and abuse
![Raising Awareness on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the North Kivu Community](https://monusco.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/_mg_0001-l.jpg?itok=8GjGzQU_)
Raising Awareness on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the North Kivu Community. Photo MONUSCO/Martha Biongo
![United Nations partners with Member States to train peacekeepers to prevent sexual exploitation & abuse](https://monusco.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/sandf-4075357752226048828_o_0.jpg?itok=jumSKLS7)
United Nations partners with Member States to train peacekeepers to prevent sexual exploitation & abuse
![World leaders pledge to eliminate sexual exploitation and abuse; UN chief outlines course of action](https://monusco.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/guterres_-_high-level_meeting_on_sea.jpg?itok=-7o4mcSD)
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the High-Level meeting on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. Photo: Richard Drew, AP
![UN Secretary-General's address to High-level Meeting on UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse](https://monusco.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/732889-guterres-sea.jpg?itok=XW1Nx1wU)
Secretary-General António Guterres (2nd right) delivers his remarks at the high-level meeting on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. UN Photo/Evan Schneider
New York, 18 September 2017
Over the years, I have been haunted by my many encounters with women and children scarred by sexual violence and further stigmatized sometimes by their own communities.
![Use political weight to eliminate sexual exploitation and abuse, UN official urges global leaders](https://monusco.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/09-15-2017-20170824_kavumu_0.jpg?itok=eQitxWil)
United Nations work with local communities in Kavumo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to sensitize the population on prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. Photo: MONUSCO/Alain Likota
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Left to right: Nancee Bright (Office of the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict), Lisa Buttenheim (Department of Field Support), Maria Luiza Viotti, Chef de Cabinet, and Christian Saunders (Department of Management), brief the media on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas