Fight for Humanity is pleased to share its 2025 Annual Report. In 2025, Fight for Humanity and its partners continued to support initiatives promoting child protection, women’s rights, cultural heritage protection, social cohesion, and peaceful coexistence across 6 situations affected by armed conflict and violence. In 2025, amongst other achievements, Fight for Humanity: Contributed to child protection in Northeast Syria, supporting 200 at-risk and demobilised children and

Image Description: Tripoli's Citadel, Part of an Active Restoration Project in Lebanon Discussed in the Podcast Fight for Humanity is pleased to announce the release of three podcast episodes exploring the protection of cultural heritage during armed conflict and the important role cultural heritage can play in strengthening social cohesion and supporting peacebuilding efforts in conflict-affected areas. Produced by students from the University of Geneva, these podcasts tell

Pour lire en francais cliquez ici Wednesday 20 May 2026 | 18:15 Uni Mail - Room MR0070 Bd du Pont-d’Arve 40, 1204 Genève Panelists: Pascal Bongard, Fight for Humanity Samar Karam, The Directorate General of Antiquities, Lebanon Adonis El Hussein, International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage A Representative from the Kofi Annan Foundation In times of armed conflict, public attention often focuses first on human casualties and urgent humanitarian needs. The destructio

Fight for Humanity is pleased to share its 2024 Annual Report. In 2024, together with a wide range of trusted partners, our organization implemented 13 projects across 6 situations of armed conflict and violence, marking a year of both growth and transition. In 2024, amongst other things, Fight for Humanity: Launched a reintegration and support programme in Northeast Syria for 200 children through vocational training and financial aid. It also trained security forces and l

Fight for Humanity, in collaboration with the Centre on Armed Groups, contributed to the development of Practical Measures for Armed Actors to Prevent and Mitigate Conflict-Induced Food Insecurity. Both organizations conducted in-country consultations with non-state armed groups and other key stakeholders in Colombia, Mali, Myanmar, and Syria to support the development of these measures. Additionally, they produced educational materials to facilitate their implementation, inc

Fight for Humanity is delighted to share its 2023 Annual Report. In 2023, Fight for Humanity and its partners: Undertook a participatory action research with three key armed and political movements or entities from northern and southern Yemen to understand the factors that can encourage them to promote the protection and participation rights of women and girls. Conducted a campaign through events, online campaigns, and advocacy to raise awareness on the final report of th

Fight for Humanity is pleased to announce that it is part of a consortium to research ways to prevent civilian suffering in armed...

Since May 2023, Fight for Humanity, with the support of the ALIPH Foundation and in partnership with its local partner, Orient Association, has been working to protect 200 valuable mosaic panels in Raqqa and to document thousands of artefacts in Manbij with the objective to promote this invaluable heritage for peace and reconciliation. The team started with the securitization of a warehouse that hosts around 200 mosaic panels near Raqqa. Before the war, this warehouse used

Fight for Humanity is pleased to release its 2022 Annual Report. In 2022, Fight for Humanity and its partners: Conducted a research study on the protection and participation of women in conflict zones in Myanmar. Provided support to 650 children in detention in Syria. Contributed to the promotion of greater social cohesion between ethno-religious communities in Northern Iraq, including the Mosul area. Led initiatives to end the recruitment of children in Syria. Promoted the p

In August 2022, Fight for Humanity completed a year-long project in partnership with Purity, Fight for Humanity’s local partner, and with the support of Medico International, to improve the detention conditions and advocate for the release of over 750 male adolescents in two detention centres in Northeast Syria. These children belong to families of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) living in camps. The children’s basic rights have been violated as local authorities l

Over the last two years, Fight for Humanity have conducted 4 awareness-raising campaigns in Northeast Syria, promoting the need to prevent child recruitment and to protect education and healthcare reaching more than 2 million people in the region online and offline through the distribution of posters, leaflets and booklets, and the dissemination of videos and key messages on social media.    Since late 2019, Fight for Humanity has been working in partnership with the United N

The sixth event of Fight for Humanity’s webinar series: “Detained children from ISIS-related families: how to protect their rights in North East Syria?”. On 22 December 2021, more than 60 participants attended the sixth edition of Fight for Humanity’s webinar series “first-hand views on human rights and peace” about the situation of detained children from families of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in North-East Syria (NES). Four panelists discussed the current status of

Around 700 detained children are trapped in the middle of an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against the prison of Ghuwayran in Hasake, Northeast Syria. In this centre, administered by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, around 5000 ISIS members were detained as well as 700 male teenagers that were separated from ISIS families held in al Hol camp. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack, launched on Thursday 20th January, an

On 27 May 2021, 50 representatives of victims, victims’ organizations, and the different communities in North East Syria, announced the...

On the occasion of the World Heritage Day on 18 April, Fight for Humanity published a video about the work it conducted with its local partner, the Orient Association, to protect the historical site of the Nabada Palace at Tell Beydar in North East Syria. This palace was built around 2500BC and covers about 25 hectares. Archaeological missions worked there for 17 years before the Syrian conflict broke out. In 2020, urgent measures were taken to protect the site from damages

Fight for Humanity is releasing a study presenting the lessons learned from the process of separation and reintegration of children from the ranks of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People’s Army (FARC-EP) in Colombia. Based on these lessons learned, it makes practical recommendations for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, which have committed to the United Nations to separate minors from their ranks. The

In 2020, Fight for Humanity worked with its local partner, the Orient Association, to protect thousands of artefacts including potteries and bones found in North East Syria. The access to and enjoyment of cultural heritage are fundamental human rights, and Fight for Humanity believes it can support peacebuilding efforts by highlighting commonalities between communities. Watch the video here.

If you missed the event, or would like to listen to the speakers again, you can watch the recording by clicking here. (original version) On 19 November 2020, Fight for Humanity organized a webinar to discuss the progress and challenges faced by women leaders when trying to protect, promote, and defend the rights of women and girls in times of conflict. The event took place in the context of the 20-year anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women Peace and Securit

by Fight for Humanity and ALIPH foundation In this video, Alexandra Fiebig, Project Manager at the ALIPH Foundation and Anki Sjöberg,...

Read the Arabic version here. On October 12, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) issued military instructions to protect cultural heritage during armed conflict. It is the first time a non-state armed actor issues specific military instructions concerning the protection of cultural heritage. Fight for Humanity welcomes this important step that follows a sustained dialogue with the SDF on this issue. “Protecting cultural heritage is also protecting what the different communit