Preventing Sexual Exploitation & Abuse (PSEA)
The Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) e-learning course is mandatory for all UN Funds and Programmes Personnel, including staff, consultants, individual contractors, stand-by personnel, UN volunteers, interns and other persons who work for the UN under an individual contract, whether at Headquarters or at other duty stations. Personnel of implementing partners and institutional contracts associated with the UN are also strongly encouraged to take this course.
This e-learning course is composed of a set of lessons designed to raise your awareness about Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, become familiar with a range of measures to combat Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, understand the impact of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse on victims and the consequences for UN Personnel who commit Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
Through discussion, examples and case studies, the course will familiarize you with the UN Standards of Conduct on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and your obligations to uphold these standards, what you can do to prevent Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and how to report such abuses by UN Personnel. If you are a manager (Head of Office / Head of Department), you will learn about additional responsibilities to enforce the UN standards of conduct.
Please note that this course is intended to reach all individuals working for or with the UN system: staff members, consultants, vendors and other partners.
Is this course for me? This course is mandatory for all UN Funds and Programmes Personnel including volunteers and contractors. All newly recruited staff members are required to complete the course as part of their induction.
How will I benefit from this course? At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain what you can do to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse of the local and displaced population
- Define the UN standards of conduct on sexual exploitation and abuse and understand your obligations as UN personnel
- Describe how to report sexual exploitation and abuse
- Understand the consequences of such abuses
- Describe what managers, heads of office and heads of department must do to enforce the UN standards of conduct
How long will it take? The course should take no longer than 90 minutes to complete.
How much does it cost? This course is free!
Will I get a certificate at the end? Yes - you will be able to download a certificate once you have completed all of the compulsory modules within the course.
How do I start? Scroll to the top of the page and click on the Join course button. This will take you through to the course content. Remember you don't have to complete the course in one go - you can always continue later from where you left off.
This course is mandatory for all UN Funds and Programmes Personnel including volunteers and contractors. All newly recruited staff members are required to complete the course as part of their induction.
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain what you can do to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse of the local and displaced population
- Define the UN standards of conduct on sexual exploitation and abuse and understand your obligations as UN personnel
- Describe how to report sexual exploitation and abuse
- Understand the consequences of such abuses
- Describe what managers, heads of office and heads of department must do to enforce the UN standards of conduct
Data protection
This course was created by UNICEF and is administered by Committed to Good (CTG). This means that both UNICEF & CTG will be able to see the name that you use on Kaya and any professional information that you have provided. This data will be anonymised before it is used for any analysis or reporting purposes. If you have any questions about this, please email helpdesk@ctg.org