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Updated 23/12/2025
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19/08/2025

Inside Geneva’s Summer Profiles: the Red Cross Museum

Send us a text Inside Geneva’s fourth summer profile – not a person, but a much-loved museum. “In this museum, we ask an essential question: what does humanitarian action have to do with me, in my life, here and now?” says Pascal Hufschmid, director of the Red Cross Museum. This month there’s a special exhibition, “Tuning in” … to the sound of humanity. “It’s an exhibition conceived as an exploration of sound archives – particularly humanitarian sound archives – preserved here in Geneva at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and at the museum,” says curator Elisa Rusca. “It’s also a way of saying that, no matter who we are or where we come from, the way we feel is the same and our internal voice is just as important as the one that comes out,” Rusca says. The museum reminds us of our shared humanity. “We really bend over backwards to explain humanitarian principles, international human rights and humanitarian law, and to show that these are lived experiences we can all relate to.” Listen to the full episode on our Inside Geneva podcast hosted by Imogen Foulkes. Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ Host: Imogen Foulkes Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain Distribution: Sara Pasino Marketing: Xin Zhang

19/08/2025

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25 min
16/12/2025

«L’intégration, ce n’est pas un sprint, c’est un marathon»

S’intégrer dans un autre pays, c’est apprendre à composer avec d’autres codes, d’autres rythmes, d’autres manières d’être. Dans ce quatrième épisode d’«Adieu, merci la Suisse», la Suissesse de l’étranger Vanessa Meister, installée en Inde, et la coach interculturelle Heike Geiling parlent du choc culturel, des ajustements du quotidien et des malentendus qui jalonnent la vie à l’étranger. Du rapport au temps aux règles implicites, en passant par la langue et les codes sociaux, cet épisode permet de comprendre pourquoi l’intégration n’est pas un sprint, mais un marathon. Tous les épisodes de ce podcast sont disponibles également dans SWI plus, l’application gratuite de Swissinfo, ainsi que sur toutes les plateformes habituelles. Dans nos articles et interviews, nous donnons la parole à des experts et fournissons des informations de fond sur l’émigration et la vie quotidienne à l’étranger. L'émigration en toute simplicité - SWI swissinfo.ch

16/12/2025

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46 min
02/12/2025

Les routines familiales, un ancrage essentiel pour les enfants qui partent vivre ailleurs

Partir vivre à l’étranger est déjà un défi en soi. Et avec des enfants, les enjeux décuplent. Dans le deuxième épisode du podcast «Adieu, merci la Suisse», le Suisse de l’étranger Simon Kaya, père de deux filles, et la coach parentale Jelena Jreissati éclairent les ressorts émotionnels, pratiques et culturels de l’expatriation vécue par les plus jeunes. Les autres épisodes de ce podcast sont également disponibles dans SWI plus, l’application gratuite de Swissinfo, ainsi que sur toutes les plateformes habituelles.

02/12/2025

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44 min
25/11/2025

L’expatriation, entre perte de repères et renouveau

L’expatriation ébranle autant qu’elle révèle. Dans le premier épisode du nouveau podcast de Swissinfo «Adieu, merci la Suisse», la psychologue Caroline Jost et la Suisse de l’étranger Meriam Mastour racontent ce que l’on gagne – et ce à quoi il faut parfois renoncer – pour trouver un nouvel équilibre dans son pays d’accueil. Tous les épisodes de ce podcast sont disponibles également dans SWIplus, l’application gratuite de Swissinfo, ainsi que sur toutes les plateformes habituelles.

25/11/2025

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39 min
23/12/2025

Les traditions comme ancrage dans un monde inconnu

Partir vivre à l’étranger, c’est quitter un pays, mais pas une identité. Derrière soi, on laisse famille, amis… et, souvent sans s’en rendre compte, un ensemble d’habitudes du quotidien qui, jusqu’alors, donnaient du sens à chaque geste. Ces repères invisibles – un café pris à une heure précise, un plat cuisiné d’une certaine façon, un rituel familial – deviennent, une fois loin, des points d’ancrage. Les maintenir, qu’ils soient anodins ou chargés de symbolisme, c’est aussi une manière de transporter son pays dans ses valises. Et quand on a des enfants, c’est leur offrir un héritage vivant. Dans le dernier épisode de notre podcast, Denise Weber, une Suissesse de l’étranger aux origines multiculturelles, et Sonia Ciotta, psychologue, s’entretiennent du maintien des traditions et des liens familiaux. Tous les épisodes de ce podcast sont disponibles également dans SWI plus, l’application gratuite de Swissinfo, ainsi que sur toutes les plateformes habituelles.

23/12/2025

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39 min
02/09/2025

Inside Geneva’s Summer Profiles: Stéphane Jaquemet

Send us a text On World Humanitarian Day, Inside Geneva spoke to a man who has dedicated his life to humanitarian work. He grew up in a quiet Swiss village – so what inspired him to take this path? “When I was young, I quickly realised that many people didn’t have the same opportunities, they didn’t have equal chances. And to me, that felt fundamentally wrong,” says humanitarian worker Stéphane Jaquemet. His first posting was to Gaza in the 1980s. “Gaza was already in a bad state at the time. I think there were nightly curfews and raids by the Israeli army. They would break into homes and mainly arrest young people,” he says. Then came the 1990s and the conflict in Yugoslavia. “A conflict in the middle of Europe: I don’t think we were ready for that, or for witnessing the same kinds of violations. It was a truly horrific conflict; we saw real ethnic cleansing.” Aid workers today face big challenges and serious personal risks. Yet Jaquemet remains committed. “I would encourage young people to remain interested in humanitarian work, ” he says. Would he do it all again? “Yes, I would. I’m still motivated.” Join host Imogen Foulkes on our Inside Geneva podcast. Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ Host: Imogen Foulkes Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain Distribution: Sara Pasino Marketing: Xin Zhang

02/09/2025

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29 min
09/12/2025

Inside Geneva: Are we throwing away international law?

Send us a text On Inside Geneva this week: what does international law mean to you? “When your government is not there to uphold your rights, it’s that safety net – to think that there’s something else out there, other sets of rules that can help right wrongs and bring about some form of justice as well,” says Kasmira Jefford, editor at Geneva Solutions. The Geneva conventions, bans on torture and landmines: global rules that should protect us. And international courts to ensure accountability. “I think there's a different expectation, a different hope for international law today. We now have many rules that are far more ambitious than they used to be,” says Nico Krisch, professor of International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute. But do they work? “All the justices saying X about Gaza, about Netanyahu. All the decisions of the International Criminal Court. Show me the results. Show me when Putin comes to Alaska. Show me when Netanyahu comes to the White House. How many violations can there be before the treaty or the norm becomes invalid? I think we’re seeing a level of violation that is extraordinary,” says analyst Daniel Warner. Do governments even want the laws to work? “I think if somebody proposed today to create an International Criminal Court, they’d be laughed at. This isn’t the diplomatic climate for such ventures,” continues Krisch. “The way certain leaders are acting today is not sustainable. They might get away with cherry-picking parts of treaties they like best for a while, but at some point there will be a reaction. It could be climate change, it could be massive natural disasters forcing us to work together,” adds Jefford. “We have these laws because we made some awful mistakes and committed terrible crimes. What I really hope is that we don’t have to reinvent everything because we made the same mistakes again,” says host Imogen Foulkes. Join host Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva. Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ Host: Imogen Foulkes Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain Distribution: Sara Pasino Marketing: Xin Zhang

09/12/2025

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37 min
05/08/2025

Inside Geneva's Summer Profiles: Rachael Cummings in Gaza

Send us a text Rachael Cummings of Save the Children is Inside Geneva’s summer profile this week. “When I went into nursing, I also wanted to travel, so nursing gave me that opportunity. That was sort of an 18-year-old thinking, ‘Okay, I can use this to travel with’,” says Cummings. Since taking her nursing skills to humanitarian work, she’s been all over the world. “I think one of the things I’m most proud of is Save the Children’s role in the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone in 2014 and 2015. We were able to establish – literally build, together with our Sierra Leonean colleagues – an 80-bed Ebola hospital and everything that went with it.” Now, she’s in Gaza, grappling with desperate shortages of aid. “Nothing came in for months, and since mid-May the UN has only managed to bring in a trickle of humanitarian supplies. But in this context, people are being starved and are on the brink of famine. They’re absolutely desperate – some are jumping onto the trucks and pulling off the aid supplies. And I know I’d do the same,” she says. Wherever she is, Cummings’s priority is always the children. “We’re driven by humanity and the desire to alleviate the suffering of children, wherever they may be. It’s about giving them hope, because they’re living through the worst experiences imaginable, the most desperate of times, and of course, they’re entirely innocent. They’re children who have the right to a childhood.” Join host Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva. Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ Host: Imogen Foulkes Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain Distribution: Sara Pasino Marketing: Xin Zhang

05/08/2025

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30 min
24/06/2025

let's talk: «L’identité électronique facilitera la vie des Suisses de l’étranger»

Le Conseil fédéral veut introduire un document d’identité numérique gratuit et facultatif. Un outil qui facilitera l’exercice des droits politiques de la Cinquième Suisse, tout en présentant des avancées en matière de sécurité, ont estimé les deux invitées de notre débat filmé Let’s Talk. swissinfo.ch/fre

24/06/2025

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36 min
18/03/2025

Inside Geneva: where are women's voices in peace talks?

Send us a text In Ukraine, and in the Middle East, men say they are negotiating peace. But are they? “Ending war is necessary to peace without a doubt, but ending war does not mean peace. So, whenever these men use the word ‘peace’ in order to say ‘ceasefire’ and ‘stop the guns’, this is not peace,” says Deborah Schibler from PeaceWomen across the Globe (PWAG). “What the US is doing right now is an extractivist assertion of power, arguably even a second imperial ambition that we are seeing now alongside Russia. Democracy, peace and gender equality mutually reinforce each other,” adds Leandra Bias from the Universtiy of Bern. So, where are the women in these “peace” negotiations? Our guests tell Inside Geneva that they should be everywhere... not nowhere. “Women, women’s perspectives, gender perspectives and human security perspectives have to be in every process and every structure of armed forces,” says Mahide Aslan, head of women and diversity at Swiss Armed Forces. “There are so many women who are really keen to get involved in these formal peace negotiations and who are ready for it, but it is made very difficult for them,” says Larissa Lee, from PWAG. How can women’s voices be heard in peace talks? Join host Imogen Foulkes on our Inside Geneva podcast. Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ Host: Imogen Foulkes Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain Distribution: Sara Pasino Marketing: Xin Zhang

18/03/2025

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39 min

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