You are a UNICEF personnel supporting a weekly iron and folic acid supplementation programme in a rural community centre for out-of-school adolescent girls. In one of the visits to the centre, some of the girls tell you that the programme coordinator refused to give them the supplements because “the office did not send enough doses”, but he promised they could receive additional nutrition supplies if they would have sex with him. Complete the following sentence by selecting the appropriate answer. This is:

1 Not a child safeguarding concern because the harm is not caused by UNICEF personnel, partners, programmes or operations.
2 A child safeguarding concern because it involves alleged sexual exploitation and abuse of children by UNICEF personnel or partners.
3 Not a child safeguarding concern because the girls are not necessarily children under the age of 18.
4 Not a child safeguarding concern because there is only a threat of harm.