{"id":2821,"date":"2019-11-07T18:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T18:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:28:33","slug":"100-translations-to-prevent-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/100-translations-to-prevent-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Translations to Prevent Sexual Exploitation and Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"
Written by Alice Castillejo, Programme Advisor for Translators without Borders<\/pre>\n
For every new response, we need the right words to fight sexual abuse<\/b><\/p>\n
I work for Translators without Borders, an organization that highlights the importance of language and clear communication. I am blessed to work with colleagues who expose me every day to subtle linguistic and cultural differences. Some of those differences result in hilarious misunderstandings, others are more challenging. They always point to the importance of choosing our words with care.<\/span><\/p>\n
I was reminded of that again last week when I stood in front of a room full of my multicultural professional peers to discuss sexual abuse. I suddenly found myself acutely aware of the need to get my words right to avoid embarrassing myself or offending the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n
100 Translations to Prevent Sexual Exploitation and Abuse<\/h2>\n
Understanding what sexual exploitation and abuse mean in a humanitarian emergency is not as simple as it seems. For local staff, who may never have worked for humanitarian organizations before, it can be even more complicated. Principles aimed at preventing sexual exploitation and abuse contain new ideas about power relationships, new terms to understand, and new rules and responsibilities to learn and put into practice. Providing the information in a language that local staff can understand is the least we can do and an important first step toward addressing the problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
In collaboration with the UN’s Inter-Agency Standing Committee<\/a> (IASC), Translators without Borders (TWB) developed a plain-English version of the key humanitarian messages on preventing sexual exploitation and abuse. The benefit of a plain-English version is twofold:<\/span><\/p>\n