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Ethical Research Involving Children

WHO Ethical and safety recommendations for researching, documenting and monitoring sexual violence in emergencies.

World Health Organization (WHO). (2007). WHO Ethical and safety recommendations for researching, documenting and monitoring sexual violence in emergencies. Geneva: World Health Organisation Press. ISBN: 9789241595681.

Overview: Sexual violence in humanitarian emergencies, such as armed conflict and natural disasters, is a serious public health and human rights issue. Yet, the prevalence of sexual violence is underreported almost everywhere in the world, and ethical and safety guidelines specific to the particular issues that arise during collection of information about sexual violence in emergencies are lacking. The ethical and safety guidelines (or recommendations) in this document are meant to complement existing internationally-agreed ethical guidelines for research and to inform ethics review processes. Failure to consider ethical and safety issues can result in harm to the physical, psychological and social well-being of those who participate and can even put lives at risk.

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