ICVA Humanitarian Financing working group meeting

Issie is an advocacy and communications specialist with a focus on ensuring documented policy outcomes for the protection of displaced populations globally. Joining ICVA in November 2024, Issie brings over eight years’ experience engaging diverse stakeholders, across crises and contexts, for the promotion of International Humanitarian Law, principled humanitarian access, and civilian protection from violence. Prior to ICVA, Issie was leading Action Against Hunger’s advocacy and communications in the occupied Palestinian territory.

As part of ICVAs Forced Migration team, Issie supports members in their work to ensure people are protected, and can access timely, quality and sustainable assistance and solutions.

Issie holds a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies.

Manon joined ICVA in 2022 as Humanitarian Finance Policy Officer, her work focuses on Quality Funding and Partnerships in addition to other humanitarian finance topics.

Over the past seven years, she has worked with several NGOs in the humanitarian sector in advocacy, policy analysis and research. Prior to joining ICVA, she worked with MSF International as well as country-level NGOs such as Lebanon Support and INSAN in Lebanon.

Manon holds a bachelor’s degree in War Studies and a master’s in International Peace and Security from King’s College London University.