ICHR Co-Organises a Geneva Side Event on Women's Condition and Violence in Wartime

The International Coalition for Human Rights is a co-organiser of "Women's Condition and Violence in Wartime — Focus: The Sudan Crisis", a side event held at the Club Suisse de la Presse in Geneva.

Event details

• Date: Tuesday, 25 August 2026
• Time: 15:00 – 17:00
• Venue: Club Suisse de la Presse, Domaine de Penthes, Chemin de l'Impératrice 18, Geneva
• Co-organised by: the International Coalition for Human Rights, the European Association for the Defence of Minorities, The Youth Future Alliance and Post Versa

What the panel will examine

The session examines the deterioration of women's condition in contemporary armed conflicts, with particular attention to the crisis in Sudan: mass displacement, the collapse of reproductive health services, sexual violence used as a weapon of war, and the denial of humanitarian access. Participants will share field experience and formulate concrete recommendations for the United Nations.

Sexual and gender-based violence is not an incidental consequence of war. Where it is used systematically it is an instrument of power and subjugation, and survivors carry its physical, psychological and social effects long after the fighting has stopped.

Where hospitals and clinics are destroyed or cannot be reached, pregnant women, survivors of sexual violence and girls are the first to lose care. Displacement costs more than a home: it severs livelihoods, community networks and the ordinary structures that keep people safe.

Women are not only affected by these conflicts. They are also builders of peace, and their participation in negotiations and in decision-making is a condition of any durable settlement — not a courtesy extended once one has been reached.

Panel

• Ramon Rahangmetan — Co-founder, Circle of Sustainable Europe
• Manel Msalmi — President, EADM; Advisor on MENA Affairs, European Parliament
• Andy Vermaut — Vice President, EADM; President, World Council for Public Diplomacy and Community Dialogue
• Abdelrahim Grein — Representative, International Coalition for Human Rights
• Dr. Mohamed Ali — International Coalition for Human Rights

The event was previewed by panellist and journalist Andy Vermaut in the Belgian outlet In de Gazette: Genève zet situatie van vrouwen in oorlog centraal (in Dutch).

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