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leaders' pledge on preventing sexual exploitation and abuse

The Cooperation Canada Leaders’ Pledge on Preventing and Addressing Sexual Misconduct represents our shared commitment as Canada’s global development and humanitarian leaders to ensure the full implementation of practices and policies that will protect and respond to our own staff, volunteers and the communities we serve.

We are committed to creating safe and respectful workplaces and programs that promote gender equality and are free from gender-based violence, including by addressing and responding to all abuse of power, holding people to account, and protecting the vulnerable.
While standards and legal frames already exist, this pledge is our promise to take additional steps to improve policy and practice with respect to sexual misconduct (including sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and sexual harassment), including within our organizations and throughout our interactions with the partners, communities, and people with whom we work.

AS THE LEADERS OF ORGANIZATIONS WE COMMIT TO:

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JOIN THE SIGNATORY ORGANIZATIONS THAT COMMITTED TO PROTECT AND RESPOND TO THEIR STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE:

Action Against Hunger

Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Canada

Aga Khan Foundation Canada

AidWatch Canada

Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC)

AMREF Canada

Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI)

Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC)

Avocats sans frontieres

British Columbia Council for International Co-operation (BCCIC)

Bolivia Education Foundation

Calgary Professional Chapter of Engineers Without Borders

Canada World Youth

Canadian Association for the Study of International Development

Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation

Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace

Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI)

Canadian Crossroads International

Canadian Feed the Children

Canadian Foodgrains Bank

Canadian Humanitarian

Canadian Lutheran World Relief

Canadian Red Cross

Canadian Association for Global Health (CAGH - ACSM)

CARE Canada

Catalyst to Development C2D services

Catholic Action

CAUSE Canada

Centre de solidarité internationale du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

Centre for international Cooperation in Health and Development

Change for Children

Children Believe

Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada

Coady International Institute

CODE

CoDevelopment Canada

Collaboration Sante Internationale

comdu.it

Cooperation Canada

Cuso International

Dalhousie University

Développement international Desjardins (DID)

Dignitas International

Earthbeat

Engineers Without Borders Canada

Equality Fund

Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education

ERDO

Farm Radio International

Fondation Paul Gérin Lajoie

Fund for Innovation and Transformation

Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN)

Hope and Healing International

Hope International

Human Concern International

Humanitarian Coalition

Initiative des femmes entrepreneurs pour le développement durable

Humber College

IMPACT

Impact Communautaire pour le Développement d'Haïti (ICODEH)

Inter Pares

Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development

IRIS Mundial

Islamic Relief Canada

Jane Goodall Institute of Canada

Junior Global Citizen Club

Justice Education Society

KAIROS - Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives

Kentro Christian Network

Lessons Learned Simulation Training

LiveDifferent

Light Up The World

Manitoba Council for International Cooperation

Mennonite Central Committee

Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)

Mercy Corps

Mission Inclusion

Nobel Women's Initiative

Northern Council for Global cooperaition

Nutrition International

One Child's Village

Ontario Council for International Co-operation (OCIC)

Operation Eyesight

OXFAM-Canada

OXFAM-Québec

Pacific People's Partnership

Partners in Health Canada (PIH)

People to People

Plan International Canada Inc.

Presbyterian World Service and Development

Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)

Project Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala (PAQG)

Results Canada

Right to Play

Salanga

Saskatchewan Council for International Co-operation (SCIC)

Save the Children Canada

SeedChange

seva

Sihle-Sizwe Vineyard Foundation

Somali-Canadian Education & Rural Development Organization (SCERDO)

Society for the Rehabilitation of the Horn of Africa (SRHA)

Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

SOCODEVI

SOS Children Villages

SUCO

Teach Peace Development

Tearfund

Terre Sans Frontières

The Hunger Project

The Parliamentary Centre

The Wellspring Foundation

Trade Facilitation Office Canada

Transform International Canada

UNIFOR

United Church of Canada

University of Western Ontario

Veterinarians without borders

Victoria International Development Education Association (VIDEA)

Viridis Terra

WaterAid

World Fisheries Trust

World Renew

World University Service of Canada (WUSC)

World Vision Canada

Action Against Hunger

Youth Challenge International

Pledge Signatories: 131 (As of March 31, 2022)

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