Amy Joce on Sexual Exploitation in the Humanitarian Sector
Amy, a final year undergraduate student, begins our “student voices series” by talking to us about her dissertation on the #MeToo movement in NGOs. She discusses how this movement involving women who endured sexual abuse and assault in Hollywood gained traction globally and eventually seeped its way through the inner-workings of international humanitarian organisations. In particular, she highlights the role of NGOs, such as Oxfam, in its complicity in the sexual exploitation of women in overseas humanitarian-response missions. Amy, in a snapshot captures pertinent themes that the development sector continues to grapple with such as: the preconceived benevolence of those working in the humanitarian sector, the inherent power-dynamics at play in NGOs, as well as, questions of agency, and women’s empowerment.
Amy will be appearing on the Humanitarian Hub Podcast, talking about her research in more detail.
For more information about SOAS’s new MSc programme: Humanitarian Action (Online) visit:
https://www.soas.ac.uk/development/programmes/msc-humanitarian-action-online/