Manon Schick

<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2>
Manon Schick grew up in <a href="/facts/Lausanne/HwlVEYGN">Lausanne</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> When she was young she became interested in journalism. At the age of 14, the French-speaking radio host Jean-Marc Richard made her entry into journalism – she became a presenter at the Lausanne broadcaster Radio Acidule. In 1997 she completed her journalistic internship at the weekly magazine L'Illustré. She then began studying humanities at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Lausanne/cSV07PTt">University of Lausanne</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> the <a href="/facts/Apartheid/8x87W8ex">apartheid</a> press reports in South Africa was one of the main reasons she became interested in human rights over there and took part for their defense.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>

<h2 id="career">Career</h2>
Schick has been involved with Amnesty International since she was 22 years old. In 1995 she joined the organization as a volunteer. In 2003, she traveled to <a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u">Colombia</a> with <a href="/facts/Peace_Brigades_International/DF4Xc5C2">Peace Brigades International</a> and accompanied local human rights groups in her work. In 2004 she became media spokeswoman for the <a href="/facts/Swiss_association/nhmDMqp5">Swiss section of Amnesty International</a>, succeeding Catherine Morand. Three years later, she became head of media and lobbying.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a>
In 2011, Manon Schick succeeds Daniel Bolomey and took over the management of <a href="/facts/Swiss_association/nhmDMqp5">Amnesty International of Switzerland</a>. She continues Explanatory's work and sets new priorities, such as <a href="/facts/Human_migration/r2oTzF6F">migration</a>, <a href="/facts/Right_of_asylum/NAAKtbUs">asylum</a> and corporate responsibility, where she also faces controversial political debates.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>
In March 2017 she published a book Mes héroïnes: Des femmes qui s'engagent. These are portraits of eleven activists in the field of human rights.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Amnesty_International/ouGBgSdS">Amnesty International</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Swiss_association/nhmDMqp5">Swiss association</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">Biografie Manon Schick <a href="https://www.amnesty.ch/de/ueber-amnesty/portrait/amnesty-schweiz/biografie-manon-schick#" target="_blank">https://www.amnesty.ch/de/ueber-amnesty/portrait/amnesty-schweiz/biografie-manon-schick#</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"Alexandra Karle folgt auf Manon Schick". Amnesty International Schweiz (in German). Retrieved June 1, 2020. <a href="https://www.amnesty.ch/de/ueber-amnesty/portrait/amnesty-schweiz/dok/2020/alexandra-karle-folgt-auf-manon-schick" target="_blank">https://www.amnesty.ch/de/ueber-amnesty/portrait/amnesty-schweiz/dok/2020/alexandra-karle-folgt-auf-manon-schick</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Saskia Galitch (January 13, 2015), "Manon Schick, directrice d'Amnesty Suisse", Femina (in German) <a href="http://www.femina.ch/people/news-people/manon-schick-directrice-damnesty-suisse" target="_blank">http://www.femina.ch/people/news-people/manon-schick-directrice-damnesty-suisse</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Florence Perre (March 10, 2010). "Manon Schick: Un engagement sans limite". L'Hebdo – Archives (in French). hebdo.ch. Retrieved March 25, 2017. <a href="http://www.hebdo.ch/manon_schick_un_engagement_sans_limite_43907_.html" target="_blank">http://www.hebdo.ch/manon_schick_un_engagement_sans_limite_43907_.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"Manon Schick sera la nouvelle directrice générale d'Amnesty en Suisse (AI)". Infosud – Tribune des Droits Humains (in French). infosud.org. December 22, 2010. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160603202535/http://www.infosud.org/Manon-Schick-sera-la-nouvelle,9434" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160603202535/http://www.infosud.org/Manon-Schick-sera-la-nouvelle,9434</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">"Nouvelle directrice à la tête de la Section", Amnesty International Suisse (in German), no. 64, February 2011 <a href="https://www.amnesty.ch/fr/sur-amnesty/publications/magazine-amnesty/2011-1/portrait-nouvelle-directrice" target="_blank">https://www.amnesty.ch/fr/sur-amnesty/publications/magazine-amnesty/2011-1/portrait-nouvelle-directrice</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">Thomas Stephens (March 2, 2011), Le sort des migrants en Suisse est inadmissible (in German) <a href="http://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/-le-sort-des-migrants-en-suisse-est-inadmissible-/29608026" target="_blank">http://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/-le-sort-des-migrants-en-suisse-est-inadmissible-/29608026</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">"Mes héroïnes, ces femmes qui s'engagent". Amnesty.ch. shop.amnesty.ch. Retrieved March 25, 2017. <a href="https://shop.amnesty.ch/mes-heroines-ces-femmes-qui-s-engagent.html?___store=fr&___from_store=de" target="_blank">https://shop.amnesty.ch/mes-heroines-ces-femmes-qui-s-engagent.html?___store=fr&___from_store=de</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">Mes héroïnes. Des femmes qui s'engagent <a href="https://www.babelio.com/livres/Schick-Mes-heroines-Des-femmes-qui-sengagent/952245" target="_blank">https://www.babelio.com/livres/Schick-Mes-heroines-Des-femmes-qui-sengagent/952245</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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