More than 20 years of Women in Demining Teams in Kosovo Watch the full video Project Background In Kosovo, women were recruited for the first time in demining teams in 1999, a landmark moment…
Background More than twenty years have passed since the recruitment of the first group of women in demining teams in Kosovo, a landmark moment that paved the way for women’s increasing access to…
Meet Fadi Al Saleh The head of the Syrian Mine Action Center, under the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management. In 2012, when the revolution began, it quickly escalated…
Meet Hiba Al-Sheikh Works in the International Cooperation Department at the Syrian Mine Action Center, under the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management. Regarding the early days…
The GICHD Arab Regional Cooperation Programme (ARCP) Gender Focal Point Capacity Development Programme 2020-2022 helped build sustainable capacity for gender and diversity mainstreaming in the…
The GICHD Gender Focal Point Capacity Development Programme helped build sustainable capacity for gender and diversity mainstreaming in the mine action sector. Participants acquired the knowledge…
The GICHD Innovation Conference 2025 has successfully concluded, bringing together experts dedicated to reducing the risks posed by landmines, cluster munitions, and other explosive ordnance that…
In the mine action sector, as in so many others, efficiency is a central concern in operations. Efficiency in mine action is defined as a measure of how economically resources/inputs (funds,…
The GICHD supports the timely and effective implementation of the international treaties that guide policy and practice in mine action. It does so by bringing evidence, experiences, and good…
