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Press section: Press contact, press releases & press photos
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Are you looking for a contact person, a quote or background information to help you with your reporting? In the press section you can find our current press releases, photos you can use, and details of our press contacts.
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medica mondiale is committed to supporting women and girls in war zones and crisis areas, seeing itself as an advocate for the rights and interests of women who have survived sexualised wartime violence. Please do not hesitate to contact us whenever you need an international interview partner on issues such as women’s rights or violence against women.
Press releases
medica mondiale frequently issues press releases to communicate its stance on current national and international policy issues, on violations of women’s rights in war and crisis areas, and many other issues related to sexualised violence.
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medica mondiale is demanding more support from the German government for women’s rights organisations from Afghanistan
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“Too little, too slow.” Evacuation of activists from Afghanistan one year after the Taliban took power
Press photos
DR Congo – Women Support Groups Provide Strength: medica mondiale has been collaborating with the Congolese women’s rights organization PAIF (Promotion et Appui aux Initiatives Féminines) since 2004. PAIF provides assistance to raped women and girls in the Kivu provinces and informs them about sexualised violence. Many of the affected women have joined together in savings and support groups. © Inga Neu/medica mondiale
Camp for refugees and IDP in Dohuk/northern Iraq: According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), at the beginning of 2017 in Iraq there were some three million internally displaced people (IDP) as well as 233,000 refugees from neighbouring countries. Just in the administrative district Dohuk in the autonomous region of Kurdistan, northern Iraq, according to a study from the UNHCR in November 2016, there were some 93,000 Syrian refugees and 625,000 displaced people from Iraq. © Renas Merkhan/medica mondiale
Kosovo - Support for traumatised women: Kosovo 2007: Monika Hauser (centre) with two gynaecologists in the mobile clinic. © Britta Amorin/medica mondiale
Health counselling for refugee women: medica mondiale Liberia staff regularly visit women who fled the civil war in Côte d'Ivoire to the Liberian border areas in 2010. © Rendel Freude/medica mondiale
Liberia – Earning their own living: In the women's centre from medica mondiale Liberia in Fish Town, women learn a trade – this is an important step on the way to earning their own income. © Sybille Fezer/medica mondiale
Uganda – Women need to know their rights: Our partner organisation MEMPROW (Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young Women (MEMPROW) visits communities and raises awareness of sexualised violence, reproductive health and women’s rights. © Rendel Freude/medica mondiale
Uganda – Education is Key: Our partner organisation MEMPROW (Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young Women (MEMPROW) visits schools to educate on the issues of sexualised violence and contraception. At these events, networks are formed which give strength and confidence to young women. © Rendel Freude/medica mondiale
medica mondiale – How it all began: Bosnia 1993, Monika Hauser, founder of medica mondiale (left) in conversation with a Bosnian commander. © Cornelia Gürtler/medica mondiale
Portrait photo of Monika Hauser, founder and Chair of the Board of the women's rights organisation medica mondiale (2017) © Henrik Nielsen/medica mondiale
Portrait photo of Monika Hauser, founder and Chair of the Board of the women's rights organisation medica mondiale (2017) © Henrik Nielsen/medica mondiale
Portrait Sybille Fezer, Executive Member of the Board Programmes at the women's rights organisation medica mondiale, portrait format (2016). © Lena Böhm/medica mondiale
Board – Three women at the top of medica mondiale: In November 2016, two more women joined founder Monika Hauser (right) at the top of the women's rights organisation: the former regional officer for Iraq and Syria, Sybille Fezer (centre), and the former head of finance and administration, Elke Ebert (left). © Rendel Freude/medica mondiale
Board – Three women at the top of medica mondiale: In November 2016, two more women joined founder Monika Hauser (left) at the top of the women's rights organisation: the former regional officer for Iraq and Syria, Sybille Fezer (centre), and the former head of finance and administration, Elke Ebert (right). © Rendel Freude/medica mondiale
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