Ravi Karkara, a senior official with UN Women who was under investigation for sexual misconduct, has been found guilty. The United Nations agency for gender equality and women’s empowerment announced that he was dismissed on Monday, 17 September.

UN Women, however, chose to not name Karkara in its statement. It said last month that the Office of Audit and Investigation of UNDP had completed its investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations “involving the UN Women staff member”.

Karkara had served as Senior Advisor on Strategic Partnerships and Advocacy to the Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director at UN Women.

Confirming that investigations revealed “sexual misconduct occurred", Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, said in the statement: