#NoExcuse
Episodes
Academia vs Practice: A Decolonial Approach to Sexual Misconduct in Aid
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, sociologists and practitioners Dr. Nof Nasser-Eddin and Dr. Nour Abu Assab unpack what it really means to take a decolonial approach...
Women Led Organizations in the Frontline: Voices from Palestine and the DRC
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, a powerful conversation with two women in parts of the world vulnerable to a heightened risk of sexual misconduct within the aid syst...
Harassment vs. Sexual Harassment: Does the difference matter?
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emily May is a founder, activist, and author dedicated to ending all forms of harassment. In this episode, she discusses the impacts of harassment on...
From Anger to Love: Speaking Up Through Storytelling
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adelle Onyango is a renowned media personality and campaigner against sexual violence in Kenya. Adelle says that when she originally started campaign...
INTERPOL: Tracking Sexual Offenders in the Aid Sector
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the #NoExcuse podcast, Guni Dias speaks with Elizabeth Wright from Interpol about her work within Project Soteria. The discussion e...
Why Men Abuse: Sex, Power, and Masculine Norms
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Michael Flood is a renowned researcher, author, and advocate focusing on masculinity, violence prevention, and gender equality. In this epis...
Dark and Dangerous: Sexual harassment in digital spaces
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Seyi Akiwowo, author and leading voice on digital safety, talks about the growth of online sexual harassment in the workplace.  Akiwowo, who is al...
Dark and Dangerous: Sexual harassment in digital spaces
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Seyi Akiwowo, author and leading voice on digital safety, talks about the growth of online sexual harassment in the workplace.  Akiwowo, who is al...
Exploiting Trust: Child Sexual Abuse in the Aid Sector
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Michael Salter is a leading researcher on child sexual abuse and the director of ChildLight East Asia and Pacific Hub at the University of N...
The power of theatre in addressing sexual misconduct
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the WHO #NoExcuse Podcast, host Guni Dias speaks with Suzie Miller, an award-winning Australian playwright and former criminal de...
#MeToo: Movement, Momentum, and Mission
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this compelling episode of the WHO #NoExcuse Podcast, we sit down with Tarana Burke, the visionary founder of the #MeToo movement, whose work has i...
2024 WHO PRS Stakeholders Review Conference: Rethinking Prevention of Sexual Misconduct
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live at the 2024 WHO PRS Stakeholder Review Conference, this special episode brings together leading voices in the prevention and response to...
When men fight for victims' rights
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mirko Fernandez is a victim advocate at the Global Fund. In this episode, he talks about the complexities of preventing and responding to sexual misco...
When Sexual Harassment Training Backfires
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the #NoExcuse podcast, host Guni Dias speaks with Harvard sociologist Frank Dobbin about the complexities of sexual harassment in t...
Sex, Power, and Consent: Decoding Sexual Misconduct
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Zoe Peterson is a researcher at the Kinsey Institute, which has been a global leader in the study of human sexuality for over 75 years. In ...
Strength in Solidarity: Women's Rights Organizations Supporting SEA Survivors in Malawi
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lusungu Kalanga and Amanda Bangura are the co-leads supporting victims and survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse in Malawi through their partners...
Shifting Leadership Mindsets: Collective Action Against Sexual Misconduct
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria McDonough has over 30 years of experience in preventing and responding to sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector and is currently a ...
The Sociology of Sexual Harassment: Gender Dynamics at Work
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marianne Cooper is a sociologist and expert on gender at Stanford University. In this episode she discusses her research on gender dynamics in the...
Psychopaths and Sexual Misconduct Perpetrators: Common Traits
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nashater Deu Solheim is a psychologist, author and executive coach who has extensive experience working with psychopaths, military personnel and. In t...
No aid without meeting standards of conduct!
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The late, Aidan O'Leary, WHO's director for polio eradication, says that polio eradication, like all aid work, needs not only professional excellence,...
From Betrayal to Courage: Leading Organizational Change
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Broderick was Australia's longest-serving Sex Discrimination Commissioner, a UN Special Rapporteur on discrimination against women and girls...
Behind the Headlines: Safeguarding in Emergencies
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Fiona Braka, WHO's program area manager for emergency response in the African region, talks about the 2021 Independent Commission report on allega...
How Sexual Exploitation is Fuelled by Economic Interests
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jasmine Westendorf, Associate Professor at La Trobe University in Australia, shares some of her findings about sexual exploitation and abuse perpet...
Language: the power to Heal and Harm
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ellie Kemp is the strategic partnership director of the humanitarian linguistic organization, Clear Global. In this episode, Ellie talks about how lan...
From prosecuting sex crimes, to protecting communities from aid workers
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Abigail Averbach is the manager of the Coordination Unit of the Protection From Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment at The Global Fund. In this ...
Survivor Speaks Out
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NASA engineer Bryan Robles, a male survivor of sexual violence, speaks as our first survivor to feature in the "#NoExcuse Podcast" series. Recounting ...
Turning Policies into Action: Leading Change on Sexual Misconduct in the UN System
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kelly Clements, Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks about how she led a culture change to address sexual harassment not jus...
Balancing Justice and Healing in Sexual Misconduct Cases
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the #NoExcuse Podcast by the World Health Organization (WHO), Sigrid Kranawetter, Senior Advisor to the WHO Director-General, discu...
Decoding the Challenges: Insights into Sexual Misconduct Investigations
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss with Lisa McClennon, Director of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (IOS) at the WHO, the vital role of investigati...
Exploring Shared Experiences: Sexual Misconduct in the Aid and Health Sector
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Dr. Roopa Dhatt, the Co- Founder and Executive Director of Women in Global Health, addresses the factors perpetuating sexual ...
First on the Ground: How Civil Society Organizations Address Sexual Misconduct by aid workers in communities
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"We just need more action." Memory Kachambwa is Executive Director of Femnet, a Civil Society Organization (CSO) that champions the voices of African...
Partnering for change: when organizations in the aid sector work together to assist victims and survivors of sexual misconduct
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
UN agencies must provide holistic support to any victim or survivor of sexual misconduct by aid-workers, but this work requires expertise and inputs b...
Voices from the Field: Navigating Challenges to Preventing Sexual Misconduct in Emergency Settings
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Erin MacDonald is WHO's Prevention and Response to Sexual Misconduct Technical Officer in Syria. In this latest episode, she sheds light on the perva...
Addressing sexual misconduct as a man: stories from conservative settings
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this eye-opening episode, Ibrahim Abu Khalil, WHO's full-time Prevention and Response to Sexual Misconduct Technical Officer, shares his experienc...
Standing in their shoes: Insights from a trailblazer in victim and survivor's rights
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this transformative episode, United Nations Victims' Rights Advocate, Assistant Secretary General Jane Connors brings her extensive experience in s...
Gender Based Violence in Society: Links with Sexual Misconduct by Aid Workers
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While we are focusing on sexual misconduct by development and humanitarian work, in this episode we look at the importance of the broader context of G...
Cultivating a culture of respect: everyone's business
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Gaya Gamhewage, Director of Prevention of and Response to Sexual Misconduct at the World Health Organization, delves into the cha...
Introducing #NoExcuse
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The #NoExcuse podcast is produced by the World Health Organization's Department for the Prevention of and Response to Sexual Misconduct. There is no e...