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On the protection of children and women, Geneva Call raises awareness and promotes dialogue in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
During a visit to Lebanon in early February, a Geneva Call delegation presented its programme on the protection of children and women. Its objective was to raise awareness and reinforce the capacity of civil society and relevant non-State actors to better respond to humanitarian needs and to improve the protection of Palestinian refugees living in […]
Geneva Call and DCA Mine Action promote increased mine action in Burma/Myanmar
A decade on from the agreement of an international treaty banning landmines, Burma/Myanmar remains one of the most heavily landmine-contaminated countries on earth. More than 10% of the countryʼs townships are contaminated by landmines, and thousands of civilians have been injured or killed, with only limited mine action taking place, and a fraction of the […]
Geneva Call announces the release of its publication In Their Words
Geneva Call announces the release of its publication “In Their Words : Perspectives of Armed non-State Actors on the Protection of Children from the Effects of Armed Conflict”. Even though almost all current armed conflicts involve one or more armed non-State actors (NSAs), the international community knows little about their willingness to comply with international […]
Positive steps to protect women and girls during armed conflict
At the invitation of Geneva Call, 23 representatives of eight Asian armed non-State actors (NSAs) from Burma/Myanmar, India and the Philippines gathered in Geneva, Switzerland in December to discuss ways to improve the protection of women and girls during armed conflict. The workshop resulted in NSAs themselves taking important steps towards improving the protection of […]