How Mercy Corps' safeguarding policies failed a survivor By Michael Igoe // 06 February 2020 Institutional Development Social/Inclusive Development Democracy, Human Rights & Governance Careers & Education Mercy Corps The Mercy Corps headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Photo by: M.O. Stevens / CC BY-SA WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Mercy Corps published two external reviews of its handling of sexual abuse allegations against deceased co-founder Ellsworth Culver, and outlined commitments the organization has made in response to the recommendations contained in those independent reports. The findings detail how an organization with “ leading-edge ” safeguarding policies failed to apply their core values to a situation that fell outside its experience. When Tania Culver Humphrey requested in 2018 that Mercy Corps review its prior handling of her allegation that her father sexually abused her decades earlier, the or...
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