Humanitarian assistance: protecting refugee women and girls remains a significant challenge

A report by the United States General Accounting office to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate that sets out to assess: efforts by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to protect refugees, especially with regard to women and girls; determine what steps U.N. and international organizations have taken to prevent sexual exploitation of refugee women by humanitarian workers; and describe U.S. government efforts to support adequate protection for vulnerable populations.