Charlotte Lindsey-Curtet

Charlotte Lindsey-Curtet

Charlotte Lindsey-Curtet is the director of communication and information management for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), incorporating public and corporate communication, archives and information management as well as information and communication technologies. Charlotte began her career in the ICRC in 1993 and has held several positions in field operations as well as positions in the ICRC’s headquarters including deputy director of communication, deputy head of policy and movement relations, as head of the Women and War project. She is the author of Women Facing War, a study on the impact of armed conflict on women.

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