Deputy head of Oxfam resigns amid scandal

THE deputy chief executive of Oxfam resigned on Monday over the British charity’s handling of a prostitution scandal in Haiti involving its staff members and allegations of similar behaviour in Chad. Oxfam has faced severe criticism for a lack of transparency over misconduct allegations against staff members accused of using prostitutes in Haiti following a devastating 2010 earthquake. Oxfam’s chair of trustees Caroline Thomson and Chief Executive Mark Goldring were called to explain themselves at a meeting on Monday with International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt.