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On Friday 2nd March, 2018, the letter below was circulated through private emails and messages to women working within the aid sector throughout the world. The letter was drafted by Sarah Martin (@smartindc), Alexia Pepper de Caires (@Je_ne_tweet_pas), Anne Quesney (@anneqy) and Danielle Spencer (@daniellewas). However, it was also informed by many other women who chose to remain anonymous whom we thank for their input.

Just five days after the letter was launched, as of the afternoon of March 7th, the letter had been signed by 1,111 women. 

As of 15th May, 2015, the letter has been signed by 1538 women aid workers. 

1247 women signed and felt it was safe to use their names, 291 women felt they needed to sign on anonymously. Women living and working in 81 countries around the world signed on in support - from the US and UK, to South Sudan, Haiti, Jordan and Bangladesh. The breadth of women working within the aid industry has been truly reflected in the signatories and the content of the letter they have signed should be taken seriously by men and decision makers in humanitarian and development organisations. Thank you to everyone who raised their voices to demand change.

If you wanted to sign the letter but ran out of time or if you are seeing this letter now and want to sign, there are other ways to make yourself heard. You can: (1) tweet about the letter; (2) print the letter out and put it on the wall of your office for others to sign; (3) share it digitally with your colleagues; (4) use it as a conversation starter in your office; and (5) hold your organisation accountable to the principles of the letter. We can never go back to business as usual. 

​#AidOpenLetter; #AidToo; #ReformAid.

Senior Managers, CEOs and Board Members of Humanitarian and Development Organisations, ​


Violence Against Women and Girls is endemic across all societies.[1] The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have exposed the level of sexual harassment experienced by women in the film industry, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Thanks to the work of women acting in solidarity with their sisters around the world, in recent weeks it has become increasingly apparent that the international aid sector has its own shortcomings. We, the undersigned, demand that the aid sector is reformed and the patriarchal norms which dominate it are rooted out.
 
We stand together to speak out about the violence and abuse perpetrated against women and girls by men who work within charities. We stand together because our voices are stronger in unison and have often not been heard when we have stood alone.[2] We acknowledge that not all women have the same amount of power - race, class, sexual orientation, economic realities and other forms of discrimination and oppression all play a part in women’s ability to to be heard.  Patriarchy impacts women and girls from the global South and women of colour hardest. We acknowledge that these women are most affected and vulnerable to exploitation and abuse by aid workers, yet are also the least likely to be heard and least likely to be able to sign on to support this letter.
 
It is the behaviour of these men, not our complaint of their behaviour, which damages the sector’s reputation and public trust. The women who are speaking out now hope to make international aid a better place for the women who work within it, and for those whose rights we campaign and advocate for.  We speak out now in the hopes that in future, the blame for the abuse or for “not doing enough” to stop the abuse will no longer fall on women. The twisted logic of blaming women and girls for the violence and abuse they experience has to end and it is everyone’s responsibility to end it – within the aid sector and beyond.  
 
We are gravely concerned that the culture of silence, intimidation and abuse will continue as soon as the media spotlight on this issue begins to dim. Trust in our sector can only be restored when we ask and answer the difficult questions and openly challenge those who exploit and hide behind the good work of many. We encourage everyone who has seen issues which are contrary to the principles of equality and justice, which are the bedrock of our work, to step forward and speak out and we ask aid agencies to support them.
 
We ask for 3 fundamental reforms to shift the patriarchal bias in aid:
1.  Trust women: organisations need to take action as soon as women report sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse; allegations must be treated with priority and urgency in their investigation; the subject of a complaint of this nature must be immediately suspended or removed from their position of power and reach of vulnerable women and girls.

2.  Listen: foster a culture where whistleblowing is welcome and safe - the way to win back trust of donors, the public and the communities we work with is to be honest about abuses of power and learn from disclosures. Sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse should no longer have to be discussed in hushed tones in our offices.

3.  Deeds not words: We need effective leadership, commitment to action and access to resources. It is not enough to develop new policies which are never implemented or funded - with the right tools we can end impunity at all levels in the sector.
 

Signed
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  1. Qaali Abdullahi
  2. Remie Abi-Farrage
  3. Lina Abirafeh
  4. Emma Achilli
  5. Rebekah Adams
  6. Manar Adel
  7. Czarina Aggabao Thelen
  8. Eugenia Agostino
  9. Jasveen Ahluwalia
  10. Marisa Ahuja
  11. Abdoulaye Aissatou
  12. Hanane Ajjour
  13. Vicki Aken
  14. Dionne Akiyama
  15. Doa' Al Hadidi
  16. Israa Al Zaghari
  17. Dalia Al-Awqati
  18. Nisreen Alami
  19. Sarah Alamri
  20. Rita Aleixo
  21. Kelsey Alexander
  22. Silvia Alfonsi
  23. Noor Alhoussari
  24. Sagal Ali
  25. Saida Ali
  26. Miriam Alia
  27. Emma Allen
  28. Rana Almutairi
  29. Melissa Alvarado
  30. Rachel Alvarez-Reyes
  31. Baraah Amarat
  32. Christine Amy
  33. Ghida Anani
  34. Cathy Andela
  35. Sara Anderson
  36. Erin Andriamahefa
  37. Oriana Angelucci
  38. Jeannie Annan
  39. Christina Antoniadi
  40. Rana Aoun
  41. Pilar Aparicio
  42. Diana Arango
  43. Susana Araujo
  44. Leslie Archambeault
  45. Helena Ardura
  46. Judit Arenas
  47. Mona Arjun
  48. Natalie Armitage
  49. Alice Armstrong
  50. Sigrun Arnadottir
  51. Dana Arndt
  52. Aslaug Arnoldsdottir
  53. Johanna Arp
  54. Kristen Aster
  55. Yeva Avakyan
  56. Susanne Axmacher
  57. Myintzu Aye
  58. Stephanie Ayers
  59. Shaista Aziz
  60. Sarah Kirstine Bach
  61. Sarah Baird
  62. Monika Bakayoko-Topolska
  63. Meredith Baker
  64. Helen Banos Smith
  65. Iune Baravalle
  66. Clare Barrell
  67. Pilar Barroso
  68. Gopika Bashi
  69. Tina Basi
  70. Evelyne Batamuliza
  71. Sara Jane Baublitz
  72. Misha Baudisch-McCabe
  73. Rachel Beanland
  74. Jenny Becker
  75. Line Begby
  76. Frieda Behets
  77. Emily Bell
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  79. Rachel Bell
  80. Shayne Bell
  81. Fabiola Bell-Biermann
  82. Nita Bellare
  83. Lauren Bellhouse
  84. Rabia Ben Ali
  85. Farida Bena
  86. Prisca Benelli
  87. Zana Beqiri
  88. Sara Bergamaschi
  89. Tania Bernath
  90. Esther Bertram
  91. Wendi Bevins
  92. Lauren Bienkowski
  93. Cassie Biggs
  94. Aida Bilajbegovic
  95. Monica Billgren
  96. Magda Bilska-Pereda
  97. Stephanie Binder
  98. Sarah Bollinger
  99. Emma Bolton
  100. Elisabeth Bond
  101. Alexandra Bonnefoy
  102. Annie Bonz
  103. Olivia Booth
  104. Nishigandha Boppana
  105. Caroline Bowah
  106. Ozge Boztas
  107. Veronica Bradford
  108. Kavita Brahmbhatt
  109. Gina Bramucci
  110. Donatienne Brasseur
  111. Anna Bratt
  112. Louise Brennan
  113. Soledad Briones
  114. Natalie Brook
  115. Amanda Brydon
  116. Vivian Buffard
  117. Winter Burhoe
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  119. Connolly Butterfield
  120. Tulika Byce
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  124. Diana Cammack
  125. Elisa Cappelletti
  126. Hara Caracostas
  127. Maja Carlton-Paterson
  128. Terry Carney
  129. Belen Carrillo
  130. Megan Carroll
  131. Sarah Carson
  132. Cat Carter
  133. Cate Cassidy
  134. Patricia Cassidy
  135. Prescilla Celino
  136. Katy Chadwick
  137. Katy Chakrabortty
  138. Divya Chandran
  139. Jana Chanova
  140. Nicole Charland
  141. Isabelle Charles
  142. Sarah Charles
  143. Jennifer Chase
  144. Carolina Chavarría
  145. Yee Chen
  146. Nancy Chiariello
  147. Lara Chlela
  148. Violeta Chocarro Garcia
  149. Madeline Church
  150. Chiara Ciminello
  151. Jennifer Clancy
  152. Louise Clark
  153. Jessie Cochran
  154. Yasmine Colijn
  155. Julie Colombino
  156. Cristiana Conte
  157. Gillian Mary Conway
  158. Marissa Conway
  159. Viviana Coppola
  160. Sarah Cornish
  161. Gema Cortes
  162. Magda Corti
  163. Kate Coulman
  164. Krysta Cowling
  165. Mary Cox
  166. Kristy Crabtree
  167. Isabel Crabtree-Condor
  168. Emily Craven
  169. Kate Crichton
  170. Tyler Crone
  171. Mena D'Errico
  172. Hanna Dahlstrom
  173. Jessica Dalpe
  174. Tazia Darryanto
  175. Elizabeth Dartnall
  176. Elisa David
  177. Malin Daviknes
  178. Chloe Day
  179. Stephaniede Chassy
  180. Bénédictede la Taille
  181. Annalise De Mel
  182. Victoriade Mello
  183. Hortensede Preville
  184. Rebeca De Sancho
  185. J Dear
  186. Claire Deguernel
  187. Juliette Delay
  188. Janelle Delorme
  189. Justina Demetriades
  190. Margrietden Boer
  191. Kelly Dent
  192. Catherine Deseure Plumridge
  193. Priya Dhanani
  194. Teresa Díez
  195. Lobke Dijkstra
  196. Haley Dillan
  197. Nancy Dinsmore
  198. Sarah Ditty
  199. Avery Doninger
  200. Lena Donner
  201. Susan Donovan Cathcart
  202. Catherine Doutrewe
  203. Zaira Drammis
  204. Katie Drew
  205. Carmen Dreyer
  206. Amelie Dube
  207. Karissa Dunbar
  208. Marie Aurore
  209. Stéphanie Duverge
  210. Donna Duvin
  211. Allison Dworschak
  212. Cassie Eades
  213. Manon Ebel
  214. Iris Ebert
  215. Mali Ebrahimi
  216. Solène Edouard
  217. Joelleel Khoury
  218. Mona Elborei
  219. Nada Elfeituri
  220. Margarita Elliot
  221. Amy Ellis
  222. Mary Ellsberg
  223. Maia Elros
  224. Fenke Elskamp
  225. Sara Elwan
  226. Gretchen Emick
  227. Van Endear
  228. Shirley Eng
  229. Mai Ensmann
  230. Jennate Eoomkham
  231. Tinbit Esayas
  232. Shirley Estevez
  233. Helen Evand
  234. Linn Ewers
  235. Maria Ezpeleta
  236. Mollie Fair
  237. Joanne Fairley
  238. Emma Fawcett
  239. Carolyn Felix
  240. Inga Ferber
  241. Eva Ferluga
  242. Emeline Ferrier
  243. Tabata Fioretto
  244. Rosal Fischer
  245. Kelly Fish
  246. Kat Fiske
  247. Maggie Fleming
  248. Sandra Fletcher
  249. Maureen Flood
  250. Tathiana Flores Acuna
  251. Niyi Florez
  252. Elisabetta Foco
  253. Siobhan Foran
  254. Gabrielle Fox
  255. Rachel Fox
  256. Donatella Fregonese
  257. Irene Freni
  258. Roza Freriks
  259. Michel Friedman
  260. Caroline Fuhrer
  261. Emma Fulu
  262. Encarnación Gallego
  263. Sofia Garavito
  264. Eva Garcia
  265. Elisa García
  266. Elizabeth Garland
  267. Rosa Garwood
  268. Allison Gates
  269. Jill Gay
  270. Michelle Gayer
  271. Petronille Geara
  272. Halima Gellman
  273. Hilal Gençay
  274. Floriza Gennari
  275. Francesca Genovese
  276. Kieren Gera
  277. Erin Gerber
  278. Christie Getman
  279. Dania Gharaibeh
  280. Emmanuelle Ghislain
  281. Bodoor Ghousheh
  282. Leisa Gibson
  283. Casilda Gil de Santivañes Finat
  284. Clara Ginovart
  285. Filomena Giovinazzo
  286. Nancy Glass
  287. Anne Marie Goetz
  288. Tanja Gohlert
  289. Myriam Goldenstedt
  290. Leah Goldmann
  291. Rebecca Gordon
  292. Olwyn Goulding
  293. Melita Grant
  294. Sarah Grausz
  295. Amy Gray
  296. Patty Gray
  297. Amelia Greaves
  298. Margaret Greene
  299. Emilie Greenhalgh
  300. Jessica Gregson
  301. Andrea Greise
  302. Hildur Gudbjornsdottir
  303. Adeline Guerra
  304. Anna Gunterberg
  305. Celine Gurry
  306. Inez Hackenberg
  307. Saleem Haddad
  308. Emma Haegeman
  309. Riley Hagan
  310. Kiri Haggans
  311. Fiona Hale
  312. Jacqueline Hale
  313. Özen Halil
  314. Birna Halldorsdottir
  315. Janna Hamilton
  316. Caroline Hamric
  317. Lori Handrahan
  318. Najia Haneefi
  319. Homaira Hanif
  320. Nourshan Hannan
  321. Rose Hardman
  322. Nicole Hark
  323. Rebecca Harnett
  324. Malayah Harper
  325. Jessica Harrison-Fullerton
  326. Zoe Hart
  327. Katharina Hartwig
  328. Rowan Harvey
  329. Ulrike Hauer
  330. Alice Hawkes
  331. Alison Hayes
  332. Joanna Hayter
  333. Jill Healey
  334. Patrizia Heidegger
  335. Janet Heisey
  336. Hilary Hemmings
  337. Sarah Hénon
  338. Mariele Hernandez
  339. Marcy Hersh
  340. Merit Hietanen
  341. Lisa Hilleke
  342. Lisa Hilt
  343. Catherine Hingley
  344. Kirsten Hjørnholm
  345. Lara Ho
  346. Annie Hoban
  347. Heidi Hochstenbach
  348. Lyndsay Hockin
  349. Karen Hoehn
  350. Leah Hoffman
  351. Kate Holland
  352. Clare Hollowell
  353. Louise Holly
  354. Maria Holtsberg
  355. Kelsey Hopkins
  356. Caroline Horne
  357. Nína Hrlgadóttir
  358. Angela Huddleston
  359. Alexandra Humphreys
  360. Susan Hutchinson
  361. Sarah Hyde
  362. Ellen Hynes
  363. Amy Elizabeth
  364. Ibold Tanit
  365. Iglesias Leigh
  366. Anne Ingram
  367. Eliana Irato
  368. Gordana Ivkovic Grujic
  369. Victoria Jack
  370. Elanor Jackson
  371. Ruth Jackson
  372. Sharon Jackson
  373. Anna Jaffe
  374. Laura Jaffrey
  375. Hana Jalboush
  376. Maggie Janes-Lucas
  377. Julie Jankovic
  378. Rana Jarhum
  379. Hannah Jay
  380. Namalie Jayasinghe
  381. Vanessa Jenner
  382. Alice Jennings
  383. Tete Jesinta Lebsonga
  384. Sophie Jewell
  385. Menka Jha
  386. Jane Johnson
  387. Sanna Johnson
  388. Heather Johnston
  389. Danielle Jolicoeur
  390. Lindsey Jones-Renaud
  391. Kailee Jordan
  392. Salma Jrad
  393. Pardie K
  394. Rayan Kabbara
  395. Mimosa Kabir
  396. Maryann Kago
  397. Hivin Kako
  398. Nyakio Kamau
  399. Johanna Kaprio
  400. Dima Karadsheh
  401. Irina Karic
  402. Halwest Karim
  403. Dibya Karki
  404. Mekki Karlsson
  405. Nadine Kassie
  406. Caitlin Kelly
  407. Jocelyn Kelly
  408. Kristy Kelly
  409. Ruth Kelly
  410. Ingrid Kelters
  411. Karoline Kemp
  412. Ellie Kennedy
  413. Aly Kenney
  414. Debra Kerby
  415. Robyn Kerrison
  416. Israa Khalid
  417. Reem Khamis
  418. Duniya Khandoker
  419. Paula Kiger
  420. Jessica Kim
  421. Kristin Kim Bart
  422. Ruth Kimani
  423. Janet Kincaid
  424. Marit Johnsen Kindsbækken
  425. Victoria Kirk
  426. Nicole Klaesener
  427. Alice Klein
  428. Susana Klien
  429. Catherine Klirodotakou
  430. Karoline Klose
  431. Joanna Knight
  432. Bijaya Koirala
  433. Aisha Kamara Kolubah
  434. Janine Kossen
  435. Manni Kössler
  436. Xenia Koutentaki
  437. Sarah Kouzi
  438. Anika Krstic
  439. Holly Krueger
  440. Sarah Kruger
  441. Christina Kruszewski
  442. Amber Kubera
  443. Lisa Kuechenhoff
  444. Manisha Kumar
  445. Phoebe Kung'u
  446. Jo Kuper
  447. Brenna Kupferman
  448. Carol L.
  449. Rebecca La-Touche
  450. Valerie Laforce
  451. Amanda Lalley
  452. Marie Lallier
  453. Tessa Lamb
  454. Audrey Landmann
  455. Rachel Landry
  456. Dianna Langley
  457. Candelaria Lanusse
  458. Gabrielle La Pointe
  459. Stephanie Lassieur
  460. Laura Latina
  461. Bee Lauher
  462. Lynn Lawry
  463. Nicolele Roux
  464. Katrina Leclerc
  465. Laurence Leclercq
  466. Denise Ledgerwood
  467. Bianca Sarah Lemieux
  468. Elsa Lengeler
  469. Annick Lenglet
  470. Karine Lepillez
  471. Anouk Lerais
  472. Veronica Lescay
  473. Johanna Linder
  474. Katherine Littman
  475. Cali Livingstone
  476. Jo Lofthouse
  477. Michelle Lokot
  478. Beatriz Lorenzo
  479. Nora Love
  480. Madeleine Lundberg
  481. Kelsey Lundgren
  482. Kristina Lunz
  483. Helena Lupton
  484. Gabriela Luz-Meillet
  485. Jo Lyon
  486. Sarah M
  487. Tereza Maarova
  488. Josphine Macharia
  489. Jessica Maclean
  490. Jackie MacLeod
  491. Nakhungu Magero
  492. Hildur Magnusdottir
  493. Ólöf Magnúsdóttir
  494. Entisar Mahmooud
  495. Catherine Mahony
  496. Soumïa Maldji
  497. Mohini Malhotra
  498. Barbara Mali
  499. Nicole Malick
  500. May Maloney
  501. Sacha Manov
  502. Silvia Mari Bachero
  503. Alia Marie
  504. Chanel Marin
  505. Lorena Marolo
  506. Mendy Marsh
  507. Gemma Marshall
  508. Sarah Martin
  509. Sophie Martin
  510. Luisa Martinazzi
  511. Susana Martinez
  512. Ariana Martini
  513. Ana Mateo
  514. Hilary Mathews
  515. Joanna Maycock
  516. Elizabeth Mayer
  517. Meredith Maynard
  518. Rita Mazzocchi
  519. Sheena McDonald
  520. Helen McElhinney
  521. Justine McGowan
  522. Patricia McIlreavy
  523. Gillian Mckay
  524. Courtney McLarnon-Silk
  525. Maria McLaughlin
  526. Stacey Mearns
  527. Melanie Megevand
  528. Karina Melkonian
  529. Marcela Mendonca
  530. Kalyani Menon-Sen
  531. Marie-Claire Mention
  532. Stefanie Meredith
  533. Carol Metcalf
  534. Safia Meyer
  535. Lori Michau
  536. Ilaria Michelis
  537. Kimberly Miller
  538. Laura Miller
  539. Mary Milne
  540. Anna Mimran
  541. Olive Minor
  542. Suzette Mitchell
  543. Lia Mocka
  544. Hasnaa Mokhtar
  545. Sonia Moldovan
  546. Anna Möller
  547. Elizabeth Molloy
  548. Cifora Monier
  549. Bronwen Moore
  550. Sarah Mordret
  551. Jeannie Morgan
  552. Kailey Morin
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  554. Robyn Mosdell
  555. Sarah Mosely
  556. Christine Mougne
  557. Shannon Mouillesseaux
  558. Gillian Moyes
  559. Amber Mull
  560. Bettina Müller
  561. Anu Mundkur
  562. Alicia Munian
  563. Sarah Murison
  564. Maria Muro
  565. Maureen Murphy
  566. Sara Murray
  567. Sinéad Murray
  568. Cammi Murrup-Stewart
  569. ConnieMusallam
  570. Daria Musiienko
  571. Sophie Namy
  572. Alison Napier
  573. Fatima Naserdine
  574. Judith Ndukwu
  575. Silke Nebenfuehr
  576. Marije Nederveen
  577. Amy Neiman
  578. Joyce Neu
  579. Sarah Neusy
  580. Sophie Ngugi
  581. Huong Nguyen
  582. Katie Nicholls
  583. Deborah Nicol
  584. Vijaya Nidadavolu
  585. Katja Niemi
  586. Rachel Noble
  587. Leah Nodvin
  588. Leonie Northedge
  589. Sawsan Nourallah
  590. Clare Nubel
  591. Iris Nxumalo
  592. Catherine Nyambura
  593. Kathleen O'Brien
  594. Karen O’Neill
  595. Alice Ochola Mangwi
  596. Casey OConnor
  597. Grace Odeke
  598. Kristin Olafsdottir
  599. Solveig Olafsdottir
  600. Leanne Olson
  601. Maryam Omar
  602. Harriet Omina
  603. Lena Opfermann
  604. Astrid Opstrup
  605. Ester Alma Orban
  606. Margaret Otuya
  607. Iveta Ouvry
  608. Norah Owaraga
  609. Anna Page
  610. Maby Palmisano
  611. Alexandra Panaite
  612. Valentina Paniccia'
  613. Christina Panullo
  614. Dimitra Paschalidou
  615. Kajal Patel
  616. Khusbu Patel
  617. P Patnaik
  618. Erin Patrick
  619. Toral Pattni
  620. Radha Paudel
  621. Nina Paulsen
  622. Lucila Pautrat Oyarzún
  623. Valerie Peck
  624. Sophia Peiris
  625. Kristin Pelzer
  626. Elizabeth Pender
  627. Alexia Pepper de Caires
  628. Janet Perez
  629. Norma Perez
  630. Beatriz Pérez Bernabé
  631. Rebecca Perlmutter
  632. Anne Perrocheau
  633. Shalini Perumal
  634. Nikoletta Petalidou
  635. Catherine Pettengell
  636. Marie Sophie Pettersson
  637. Inga Petursdottir
  638. Aerlyn Pfeil
  639. April Pham
  640. Lindi Phillips
  641. Melissa Phillips
  642. Kate Phillips-Barrasso
  643. Caitlin Phillips-Peddlesden
  644. Kim Piaget
  645. Alessandra Pigni
  646. Erica Pilcher
  647. Simona Planu
  648. Gabrielle Plotkin
  649. Laura Pomeroy
  650. Antonia Potter Prentice
  651. Joanna Pradela
  652. Maria del Sol
  653. Prieto Bayona
  654. Lucy Proudlock
  655. Emer Purdon
  656. Laura Puts
  657. Yusra Qadir
  658. Andrea Quaden
  659. Anne Quesney
  660. Hannah Rael
  661. Cecilia Ragazzi
  662. Smita Rakesh
  663. Runjini Raman
  664. Cholpon Ramizova
  665. Noelle Rancourt
  666. Aruna Rao
  667. Julie Raphanel
  668. Angela Ratkowski
  669. Miriam Rau
  670. Tal Raviv
  671. Zoë Raymond
  672. Joanna Rea
  673. Sophie Read-Hamilton
  674. Dashakti Reddy
  675. Anupa Regmi
  676. Farhana Rehman-Furs
  677. Hannah Reichardt
  678. Chen Reis
  679. Kristen Renda
  680. Jacky Repila
  681. Marta Ricci
  682. Kelly Ricculli
  683. Wendy Rice
  684. Danielle Richard
  685. Nadege Riche
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  687. Alice Ridge
  688. Els Rijke
  689. Barbara Rijks
  690. Magda Rios
  691. Ghaida Rishmawi
  692. Sierra Robbins
  693. Colleen Roberts
  694. Nathalie Roberts
  695. Lauren Robertson
  696. Sabina Robillard
  697. Katie Robinette
  698. Jennifer Robinson
  699. Solange Rocha
  700. Marjolein Roelandt
  701. Tania Rohrer
  702. Lina Rojas
  703. Susan Romanski
  704. Devon Root
  705. Ninja Røreng
  706. Silvia Roscot
  707. Karoline Røsholm
  708. Reidun Rosi
  709. Helen Rosko
  710. Sasha Ross
  711. Leslye Rost van Tonningen
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  713. Mae Rouhani
  714. Sonya Ruparel
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  716. Kellie Ryan
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  719. Coralía Sáenz
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  721. Sonya Sagan
  722. Maria Saidy
  723. Jean Letitia Saldanha
  724. Safia Sami
  725. Nurwisa Samla
  726. Ridzma Samla
  727. Stella Samuelsdottir
  728. Typhanie Sanchez
  729. Hannah Sanderson
  730. Joanne Sandler
  731. Inbal Sansani
  732. Mariana Santoyo Bahamón
  733. Martina Saracino
  734. Hetty Sarjeant
  735. Aneta Sarna
  736. Bethany Saul
  737. Jade Saunders
  738. Marzia Savelli
  739. Jovana Savic
  740. Annemarie Schaapveld
  741. Victoria Schauerhammer
  742. Andrea Scheltdorf
  743. Carrie Schildroth
  744. Alexa Schmidt
  745. Kristin Schmitz
  746. Claire Schouten
  747. Lauren Schuivens
  748. Bettina Schulte
  749. Georgette Schutte
  750. Antonella Scifo
  751. Daryl-Ann Sdao
  752. Claire Seaward
  753. Nele Segers
  754. Azra Sehic
  755. Sharon Settecasse
  756. Jenny Seward
  757. Rima Shahine
  758. Nirmeeta Shakya
  759. Karen Shea
  760. Rajni Singh Shivakoti
  761. Smriti Shrestha
  762. Alyssa Shumaker
  763. Melanie Simon
  764. Anne-Sophie Simpere
  765. Emma Simpson
  766. Rebecca Singer
  767. Kamardip Singh
  768. Marina Siri
  769. Kristina Skender
  770. Nicole Slootweg
  771. Catherine Smallwood
  772. Jillian Smith
  773. Kerry Smith
  774. Nicky Smith
  775. Rachel Smith
  776. Ines Smyth
  777. Helena Soares
  778. Mayada Soliman
  779. Julie Solomon
  780. Anna Soper
  781. Andree Sosler
  782. Sandra Sotelo
  783. Christine Sow
  784. Louise Sowden
  785. Jessica Spanswick
  786. Nathaly Spilotros
  787. Claire Spoors
  788. Rana Srouji
  789. Mirjam Stähli
  790. Heather Stanley
  791. Kate Stanley
  792. Victoria Stanski
  793. Helen Stawski
  794. Anna Stone
  795. Constantina Strikou
  796. Caroline Sweetman
  797. Mariam SY
  798. Brita Sydhoff
  799. Aminata Sylla
  800. Jacqui Symonds
  801. Helena Szczodry
  802. Yuka Takao
  803. Nicole Taute
  804. Mona Tawk
  805. Kathy Taylor
  806. Lindsey Teichman
  807. Ashika Thanki
  808. Kelly Thayer
  809. Jessica Thea
  810. Roma Thomas
  811. Andrea Thompson
  812. Hannah Thompson
  813. Kelly Thompson
  814. Rachel Thompson
  815. Rachel Thompson
  816. Scarlett Thorby-Lister
  817. Milena Timotijevic
  818. Gry Tina Tinde
  819. Akiko Tomita
  820. Gabrielle Tomovcik
  821. Anna Tomson
  822. Katie Tong
  823. Francesca Torchia
  824. Bouthaïna Toujani
  825. Lila Train
  826. Vicky Treacy-Wong
  827. Kloé Tricot O'Farrell
  828. Lourdes Maria
  829. Trigueros Lopez
  830. Emily Tripp
  831. Danielle Trotter
  832. Magnolia Turbidy
  833. Alicja Turner
  834. Kendell Tylee
  835. Daria Ukhova
  836. Rachel Unkovic
  837. Sara V. Calleja
  838. Priscilla Vaast
  839. Ann Vaessen
  840. Carmen Valle
  841. Silvia Vallese
  842. Jill Van den Brule
  843. Ann Van haver
  844. Marinke Van Riet
  845. Kimja Vanderheyden
  846. Beth Vann
  847. Kristine Verhoeven
  848. Aurélie Viard-Cretat
  849. Francisca Vigaud-Walsh
  850. Martine Villeneuve
  851. Evelien Vleeshouwers
  852. Alix Wadeson
  853. Daria Wadsworth
  854. Agnes Wajaras
  855. Shawna Wakefield
  856. Joanna Wakia
  857. Nicole Walden
  858. Janelle Walikonis
  859. Liz Walker
  860. Tina Wallace
  861. Devni Walpola
  862. Corie Walsh
  863. Susanne Walter
  864. Rasna Warah
  865. Leora Ward
  866. Melanie Ward
  867. Xian Warner
  868. Jennifer Watson
  869. Alice Welbourn
  870. Amie Wells
  871. Anne Wepundi
  872. Marcela Werutsky
  873. Elizabeth Whelan
  874. Danuta Whetton
  875. Kathleen White
  876. Kirsten Wienberg
  877. Hannah-Polly Williams
  878. Nina Williams
  879. Katharine Williamson
  880. Liyana Winchell
  881. Jennifer Winestock Luna
  882. Aska Wisniewska-Pickering
  883. Taylor Witkowski
  884. Esther Wolf
  885. Emma Woodford
  886. Savannah Wooten
  887. Emily Workman
  888. Robyn Yaker
  889. Ceyda Yelkalan
  890. Joeylyn Yockey
  891. Doreen Akiyo
  892. Yomoah Hannahyore
  893. Ros Young
  894. Rasha Youssef
  895. Suhad Zarafili
  896. Danila Zizi
  897. Inés Zuza

Additional names (added between March 9th and May 9th 2018)
  1. Rana al Hariri
  2. Souzan Al Sayadi
  3. Mara Alborghetti
  4. Sharon Alder
  5. Egle Aleknaite
  6. Serena Alfarè
  7. Iris Almanza
  8. Dania Alsharif
  9. Serap Altinisik
  10. Anne May Andersen
  11. Camille Andre
  12. Helen Andreasson
  13. Jennifer Ankrom-khan
  14. Sandra Arbid
  15. Gema Arranz
  16. Avazeh Attari
  17. María Azorín
  18. Aude B
  19. Elisa Bacciotti
  20. Khadija Badri
  21. Ombretta Baggio
  22. Diana Baker
  23. Aida Balamaci
  24. Anna Banyard
  25. Helen Baron
  26. Srilatha Batliwala
  27. Line Begby
  28. Erica Belanger
  29. Yemisrach Benalfew
  30. Aphaluck Bhatiasevi
  31. Audrey Bollier
  32. Giulia Boni
  33. Tiziana Bonzon
  34. Anna Bowen
  35. Joanna Brent
  36. Heather Brown
  37. River Brown
  38. Helen Brunt
  39. Kaitlin Brush
  40. Virginia Bruzzone
  41. Debbie Busler
  42. Elaine Butler
  43. Hanna Butler
  44. Gina Bylang
  45. Eleanor Caine
  46. Anne Callaghan
  47. Faye Callaghan
  48. Julie Campbell
  49. Laura Canali
  50. Bethan Cansfield
  51. Maggie Carroll
  52. Elisa Cassoni
  53. Mariasara Castaldo
  54. Hannah Cattermole
  55. Tiziana Cauli
  56. Ayesha S.Chaudhry
  57. Dawn Cheong
  58. Tania Cheung
  59. Jasmine Ching
  60. Hannah Clare
  61. Nancy Claxton
  62. Tiziana Clerico
  63. Clare Coffey
  64. Carol Cohn
  65. Daniela Colombo
  66. Bonney Corbin
  67. Naiara Costa
  68. Elizabeth Cowan
  69. Yuka Crickmar
  70. Diane Crt
  71. Julie D. Gagnon
  72. Michelle D'cruz
  73. Louise Daintrey-Hall
  74. Noemi Dalmonte
  75. Genevieve Davies
  76. Sarah Davies
  77. Sara Davis Gopalan
  78. Capucinede Fouchier
  79. Maaikede Loor
  80. Gina De Marcellis
  81. Jode Serrano
  82. Anita Delany
  83. Marijke Deleu
  84. Camille Delorme
  85. Giorgia Depaoli
  86. Megan De Sisti
  87. Vibecke Dixon
  88. Barbara Dockalova
  89. Maria Libertad Dometita
  90. Gloria Donate
  91. Brindha Dorai
  92. Daniela Draghici
  93. Kristie Drucza
  94. Melanie Dubuis
  95. Anita Dullard
  96. Nancy Durrell McKenna
  97. Gintare Eidimtaite
  98. Mena El-Turky
  99. Reda Eldanbouki
  100. Gabrielle Emery
  101. Katja Ericson
  102. Giovanna Ermini
  103. Valentina Fanelli
  104. Radhika Fernando
  105. Sue Finucane
  106. Serena Fiorletta
  107. Wendy Fisher
  108. Kathrine Flaate
  109. Matilda Flemming
  110. Daniela Forte
  111. Francesca Gambazzi
  112. Diakhoumba Gassama
  113. Kelly Geoghegan
  114. Lizzie Gerrard
  115. Michele Ghimire
  116. Sylvia Gil
  117. Blossum Gilmour
  118. Florencia Giordano
  119. Natalie Giorgi Alberti
  120. Lindsay Gladding
  121. Carmen Gonzalez
  122. Paloma Gonzalez
  123. Isabelle Granger
  124. Daniela Greco
  125. Sonia Guinovart
  126. Neha Gupta
  127. Mamta Gurung
  128. Mari Hagen
  129. Julie Hall
  130. Sofi Halling
  131. Devon Hanna
  132. Leslie Haskell
  133. Charmaine Hedding
  134. Marieke Heikens
  135. Kristin Helz
  136. Kim Henderson
  137. Becky Higgins
  138. Louise Higgins
  139. Julia Hill
  140. Julie Hoare
  141. Katie Hodges
  142. Lucy Hodgson
  143. Sanne Hogesteeger
  144. Alison Holder
  145. Mary Tyler Holmes
  146. Adrienne Hopkins
  147. Gemma Houldey
  148. Geke Huisman
  149. Janet Hunt
  150. Juliet Hunt
  151. Nada Hussein
  152. Hilkka Hyrkkö
  153. Sherine Ibrahim
  154. Laura Itzkowitz
  155. Priya Jacob
  156. Nadine Andrea Jaeggi
  157. Mercedes Jakupi
  158. Fiona James
  159. Klaudia Jankowska
  160. Christine Flamsholt Jensen
  161. Maria Jensen
  162. Nichola Jones
  163. Sofia K
  164. Catherine Kane
  165. Sarah Kangudie
  166. Rima Karim
  167. Lilian Kastner
  168. Nathalie Kerby
  169. Eva Kløve
  170. Anne Kobaek
  171. Elisabeth Koek
  172. Marie Kolenky
  173. Kim Kristensen
  174. Katherine Krueger
  175. Yukta Kumar
  176. Nadine Küng
  177. Julie Lafreniere
  178. Courtney Lare
  179. Lucia Lasso
  180. Francoise Le Goff
  181. Anne Leewis
  182. Mirja Leibnitz
  183. Jennifer Lentfer
  184. Heather Leson
  185. Helen Lindley-Jones
  186. Monica Luongo
  187. Eleanor M
  188. Julie MacDonald
  189. Farah Mahesri
  190. Carine Malardeau
  191. Alenka Mandic
  192. Marina Marcus
  193. Mishka Martin
  194. Amelia Marzal
  195. Evelyne Massoma Colomina
  196. Claire Mathonsi
  197. Ann Marie McKenzie
  198. Clare McLennan-Kissel
  199. Pascale Meige
  200. Michele Meilleur-Sarazin
  201. Soaade Messoudi
  202. Karin Metz
  203. Silvia Milella
  204. Sarah Miller
  205. Sarah Moldenhauer
  206. Hanna Mollan
  207. Tegan Molony
  208. Dominique Muller
  209. Gloria Munoz Ortega
  210. Stella Munyi
  211. Kirsten Murtagh
  212. Victoria Murtagh
  213. Isabelle Muse
  214. Isabella Muthoni
  215. Homa Nader
  216. Eirin Naess-Sorensen
  217. Layan Nashashibi
  218. Jana Naujoks
  219. Olta Ndoja
  220. Jennifer Nelson
  221. Britney Nemecek
  222. Oriana Ngabirano
  223. Laura Ngo-Fontaine
  224. Katherine Nichol
  225. Caroline Nichols
  226. Amanda Nieman
  227. Susanne Nill
  228. Rosemarie North
  229. Elena Novak
  230. Consuelo Nunez
  231. Victoria Nwogu
  232. Shana O'Brien
  233. Amy O'Donnell
  234. Aoibheann O'Keeffe
  235. Tam O'Neil
  236. Harriet Omina
  237. Elisa Orbañanos Hernando
  238. Amani Osman
  239. Sasikarn Paankate
  240. Angela Padilla
  241. Liz Palmer
  242. Gaia Parrini
  243. Emma Pedley
  244. Maider Perales
  245. Virginia Perez
  246. Lourdes Pérez
  247. Sophie Perreard
  248. Sarah Petrin Williamson
  249. Sara Petrovski
  250. Stefanie Pfeil
  251. Francesca Piccin
  252. Cecilia Pietrobono
  253. Sarah Pilchick
  254. Eugenia Pisani
  255. Elise Ponson
  256. Zornitsa Popova
  257. Catherine Poulton
  258. Stéphanie Prat
  259. Ghada Qadoura
  260. Hana Qteish
  261. Yasmin Rabiyan
  262. Sohanur Rahman
  263. Agnes Rajacic
  264. Patricia Ramos
  265. Mary Rankin
  266. Elsa Raunio
  267. Nadine Ravaud
  268. Melissa Razzini
  269. Joe Read
  270. Jane Remme
  271. Nicole Rencoret
  272. Mirjam Resch
  273. Loraine Rickard-Martin
  274. Stefania Rigillo
  275. Sarah Robbins-Penniman
  276. Carmen Rodriguez
  277. Sandra Romero Ruiz
  278. Magda Rossmann
  279. Danielle Roubin
  280. Kourtney Rusow
  281. Dizery Salim
  282. Sanna Salmela-Eckstein
  283. Casandra Santos
  284. Maria Aimee Santos
  285. Lyca Sarenas
  286. Melanie Scagliarini
  287. Mari Dahl Schlanbusch
  288. Lena Schmid
  289. Catharina Schmitz
  290. Irene Scott
  291. Clare Seddon
  292. Anna Seeger
  293. Leah Seese
  294. Irantzu Serra-lasa
  295. Teresa Sguazzin
  296. Charmaine Shah
  297. Valentina Shapiro 
  298. Miriam Shindler
  299. Cathy Shutt
  300. Donna Sinar
  301. Karolina Sklebena
  302. Harriet Smith
  303. Caitlin Snyder
  304. Marketa Sostakova
  305. Gertraud Soto Moreno
  306. Michelle Spearing
  307. Jeanne Spillane
  308. Margaret Stansberry
  309. Victoria Stodart
  310. Natalia Strigin
  311. Gabrielle String
  312. Ana Janet Sunga
  313. Naomi Sutorius-Lavoie
  314. Matilda Svensson
  315. Annabel Taiti
  316. Maria Franca Tallarico
  317. Ruth Tanner
  318. Margot Tedesco
  319. Melanie Teff
  320. Sara Tlayjeh
  321. Elena Tognotti
  322. Michelle Tolson
  323. Georgia Trismpioti
  324. Sophie Trouillet-Ducharme
  325. Flaminia Tumino
  326. Anne Caroline Tveoy
  327. Anitta Underlin
  328. Line Urban
  329. Ana Urrutia
  330. Irenevan Rij
  331. Clara Veale
  332. Sandra Veloso
  333. Juana Vera
  334. Andrea Verdeja
  335. Hannele Virtanen
  336. Eleanor Weber-Ballard
  337. Rieke Weel
  338. Claire Weil
  339. Helen Welch
  340. Mary Werntz
  341. Charlotte Wiback
  342. Laure Wiedemann
  343. Christine Williamson
  344. Jenn Williamson
  345. Karolina Wlodarczyk
  346. Erin Wroblewski
  347. Brooke Yamakoshi
  348. Lumi Young
  349. Lisa Zitman
  350. Anneke Zwetsloot


[1] Although this letter focuses on women and girls as the survivors of male perpetrated sexual violence, we acknowledge that boys and men experience sexual harassment and exploitation too.  We further acknowledge that there are women perpetrators and certainly women who are complicit.  However, the scale of the abuse faced by women and girls is overwhelming and based on global gender inequality. Emphasis does not mean exclusion, and although male survivors experience this issue less than women and girls and for different reasons, we stand in solidarity with male survivors as well.
[2] www.sexualexploitationreport.org; http://fic.tufts.edu/publication-item/briefing-paper-sexual-assault-against-humanitarian-and-development-aid-workers/

Other areas to consider:

Women have been in touch to let us know how much they value this letter - thank you! This is about collectively engaging in changing our sector, for good. 

We also thank you for your constructive feedback.  One thing which has been raised is that there is a need to additionally focus on increasing feminist leadership in development and humanitarian organisations. We hope that this would be implicit in our focus on changing patriarchal norms in the letter. But we feel it bears repeating that our industry and its institutions will not change without changing the decision makers who have been complicit in the permissive attitudes towards - and subsequent lack of action to address - harassment, exploitation and violence against women and girls perpetrated by aid workers.  

The second area which has been raised is that gender identity was not listed as a specific inequality which exacerbates risk in the letter. We acknowledge that gender identity is included under "other forms of discrimination and oppression all play a part in women’s ability to to be heard" however, we agree that it should be listed next to sexual orientation - this was an oversight.