Sec. 5. Safeguarding against sexual exploitation or abuse by humanitarian personnel
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In accordance with the Safe from the Start programming focus described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall prioritize support for activities ensuring that employees and contractors of the Agency delivering United States humanitarian assistance are equipped to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse in settings of humanitarian aid delivery, including by strengthening guidelines, training, reporting mechanisms and remedies, and other appropriate responses.
Such activities shall include efforts to— recognize the indicators of sexual exploitation or abuse among refugee, displaced, or stateless populations by humanitarian aid workers; and identify and address risks within the humanitarian aid context that create vulnerabilities for sexual and other exploitation, perpetrated by or against humanitarian aid workers.