Evaluation of Peace Corps/Implementation of Guidelines Related to Volunteer Victims of Rape and Sexual Assault

We recommend that the agency provide Volunteer sexual assault response training for staff members who will serve as acting country director, and include the duties for managing sexual assault response in overseas staff training modules.

We recommend that, for those staff who will serve as acting country director, the agency include the duties and responsibilities for managing Volunteer sexual assault response in position descriptions and performance plans.

We recommend that the agency provide annual Response Guidelines training to all headquarters staff members responsible for supporting victims or training staff in the response to Volunteer sexual assault incidents.

We recommend that the agency establish policy to require that post staff who have response roles annually review the “Survey of the Local Legal Environment” (LES) to familiarize themselves with information contained in the LES and to determine if updates are required.

We recommend that the agency review all posts’ “Survey of the Local Legal Environment” to ensure information has been fully and accurately collected.