On this edition of Your Call, we speak with investigative reporter Ramita Navai about “UN Sex Abuse Scandal,” a new Frontline documentary airing tonight on PBS. In conflict zones around the world, United Nations peacekeepers sent to protect the most vulnerable have been accused of preying on them since the early 1990s.
Navai documents accusations of sex abuse from Bosnia to the Congo to the Central African Republic. She and her team tracked down survivors across the globe. Some were as young as 11 when they say they were raped or exploited by UN peacekeepers. Why is the UN protecting these peacekeepers rather than prosecuting them? What will it take to protect the most vulnerable people from rape and exploitation?
Guest:
Ramita Navai, award-winning British-Iranian journalist, creator of more than twenty documentaries, author of City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran
Web Resources:
PBS: FRONTLINE: UN Sex Abuse Scandal
PBS: FRONTLINE Uncovers New Cases of Sex Abuse by United Nations Peacekeepers
AP: UN adopts 1st resolution tackling sexual abuse by UN troops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwMkDEkrcoc
