Safeguarding Violation definition
Safeguarding Violation means any action or series of actions, undertaken by Investee Companies or any of their Affiliates, contractors or subcontractors, or its or their employees or agents that: (a) involves any work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which that person has not offered themselves voluntarily, or that otherwise contravenes the requirements of the ILO Conventions ; (b) contravenes the requirements of the Gender-Based Violence Convention ; or that otherwise involves the exploitation, abuse or harassment (being any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions) of any person that is directed at such person because of their perceived or real sex or gender, or that disproportionately affects people of a particular sex or gender; or (c) involves the exploitation or abuse of a child.