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Interview with Elisabeth Decrey Warner, Executive President of Geneva Call
Elisabeth Decrey Warner has headed Geneva Call since she co-founded it back in 1998. From its status of humanitarian “UFO”, she went on to create an organization renowned in its domain. It is now active in fifteen countries and employs over 40 people. You’re soon going to change your role within Geneva Call. What will […]
Iraq: the Sun Girls Brigade: teaching female Yezidi fighters about the rules of war
The Iraqi conflict severely hit the Yezidi population, particularly the hundreds of women and girls who were allegdely victims of war crimes including organized rape, sexual slavery and forced marriage. Following these abuses, in 2015, a famous female Yezidi singer created an all-female armed unit—the Sun Girls Brigade. Geneva Call has recently trained some of […]
Annual Report 2016 : protecting civilians in the turmoil of war
Geneva Call’s annual report 2016 is now out. 2016 was marked by at least 36 non-international armed conflicts taking place in 20 States. Geneva Call worked to prevent abuses against civilians in 14 of these conflicts including some of the major ones and engaged in dialogue with 61 armed non-State actors on the respect of […]
Syria: 4 brigades of the Free Syrian Army commit to prohibit sexual violence and the use of child soldiers
On 30th June 2017, the military leaders of four brigades of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) signed Geneva Call’s Deeds of Commitment protecting children in armed conflict, prohibiting sexual violence and against gender discrimination. The signing ceremony took place at the Geneva town hall in the presence of representatives of the Government of the Geneva […]