Palais des Nations | UN Geneva | Switzerland | 2025
Solo Show
an exhibition against sexual and gender-based violence
in collaboration with Dr Renata Hessmann Dalaqua, Head of the Integrated Approaches– Gender and Disarmament Programme at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR); Hana Salama, Researcher, and Aleksandra Lankamer, Graduate Professional.
From left — at the Opening: Franziska Greber; Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva; Deike Potzel, Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the UN Geneva; Dr Robin Geiss, Director UNIDIR
From left — Collaboration Partners: Hana Salama (UNIDIR); Franziska Greber; Aleksandra Lankamer and Renata Hessmann Dalaqua (UNIDIR)
Closing Remarks by Hana Salama
Video | 05:14 min
Closing Remarks by Franziska Greber
Video | 06:40 min
WOMEN WRITING – Photos of women during the writing process
Video | 07:52 min
RECEPTION: Art and advocacy against gender-based violence
Connecting to the immersive Art Installation DISARMING SILENCE, the event will be an opportunity to discuss how art, advocacy and research are levers of action against gender-based violence.
Dr Denis Mukwege, Founder and Chair of the Global Survivors Fund, Nobel Peace Prize 2018 Laureate
Iryna Dovgan, Head of SEMA Ukraine
From left: Hana Salama; Iryna Dovgan, Head of SEMA Ukraine; Franziska Greber; Esther Dingemans, Executive Director of the Global Survivors Fund; Dr Denis Mukwege, Founder and Chair of the Global Survivors Fund, Nobel Peace Prize 2018 Laureate; Erica Schouten, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN.
From left: Erica Schouten, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Netherlands Mission to the UN, Geneva; Vera Duin, Senior Communications Advisor to the Netherlands Mission to the UN in Geneva
Delegates‘ Lounge, UN Geneva
RESONANCE FROM COLLABORATION PARTNERS
Hana Salama | Researcher | Integrated Approaches – Gender and Disarmament Programme | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) | UN Geneva
Aleksandra Lankamer | Graduate Professional | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) | UN Geneva
Dr Robin Geiss | Director | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) | UN Geneva
RESONANCE FROM VISITORS
Support
Permanent Missions of Canada, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Norway to the UN Office in Geneva, and UN Women
Sponsor
Rotary Zürich-Bellevue
Stadt Wädenswil