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The impact of conflict on freshwater and water-related installations is severe and long-lasting, and poses grave humanitarian, development and environmental challenges. Sparing water from armed conflicts and ensuring access to water is therefore a matter of survival in conflict zones. Geneva Call co-organised this panel at the 2024 Geneva Peace Week with Geneva Water Hub and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of Slovenia.

Since 1999, the United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. In honor of this day, Geneva Call Afghanistan organized a workshop in Kunduz province to raise awareness. Produced by Zahrah Nabi.

Geneva Call has been working in Afghanistan since 2017 to strengthen the knowledge and respect of humanitarian norms. Recently, Geneva Call organised a series of training sessions and workshops on humanitarian norms and the protection of healthcare in Kandahar, Kabul, Kunduz, Kunar, and Nangarhar with civil society, including women's groups, and with fighters. Here are the images and testimonies from one of these workshops in Nangarhar. Produced by Zahrah Nabi

This video depicts testimonies from female activists from Kabul, Nangarhar, Kunduz, Bamyan, and Helmand provinces of Afghanistan on the experience of women in conflict in Afghanistan, the role of women – within and associated with armed groups – in influencing their behavior, and recommendations on how the international community and local authorities could support and enhance the positive contribution that women can play in reducing violence and contribute to a more inclusive peace process. Having a nuanced understanding of the influence women have on fighting parties would be beneficial for designing gender-sensitive programming with an emphasis on prevention.

Geneva Call is an international humanitarian organization which works to improve the protection of civilians in armed conflict by promoting respect among armed groups and de facto authorities for international humanitarian norms and principles.

L’Appel de Genève est une organisation internationale humanitaire qui s’efforce d’améliorer la protection des civils dans les conflits armés en encourageant les groupes armés et les autorités de facto à respecter les normes et principes humanitaires internationaux.