New York (February 26, 2020) – Nearly nine years of conflict have brought about sweeping and protracted changes in the lives of Syrian people. Syrians are adapting to a ‘new normal’ as it relates to new livelihood strategies, new ways of accessing education, and new social roles. Syrian women, both inside Syria and who are refugees
Read MoreCHICAGO (Feb. 20, 2020) – CARE and Mars Wrigley are building on the success and learnings of their Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) initiative, building women’s social and economic empowerment in cocoa-growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Through an additional US$10 million investment from Mars, CARE will expand the VSLA program beyond the
Read MoreBHUBANESHWAR (May 16, 2019) — CARE is distributing shelter and hygiene kits to over 10,000 households affected by Cyclone Fani, focusing on women and girls who are disproportionately affected by the disaster. Cyclone Fani made landfall in eastern India on May 3 and was one of the strongest storms to have hit the country in decades.
Read MoreAMMAN (March, 11 2019) – As the crisis in Syria enters its ninth year, more Syrian women are increasingly becoming the main source of income in their families . Many men have left to fight, been detained or killed, leaving women with added responsibilities of earning an income, on top of their traditional roles of
Read MoreGENEVA (June 8, 2018) — The poverty-fighting organization CARE welcomes this week’s critical decision from the International Labour Organization (ILO) to establish the first-ever global treaty to end workplace violence and harassment. Emerging from the ILO Conference on “ending violence and harassment in the world of work,” the agreement was made in Geneva among ILO’s 187
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SANA’A, Yemen (March 9, 2018) — More than 3.25 million women of reproductive age in Yemen face increased health and protection risks, warns international humanitarian organization CARE. Conditions for women and girls are deteriorating rapidly as the conflict in Yemen nears its fourth year.An estimated 1.1 million pregnant and lactating women are malnourished as lack
Read MoreKAMPALA- (June 14, 2017) — Ahead of the ‘Uganda Solidarity Summit on Refugees’ on June 22-23, the poverty-fighting organization CARE warns of the alarming health and safety risks for refugee women and girls fleeing the continuous fighting and famine in South Sudan. An average of 2,000 refugees are arriving daily into northwestern Uganda.
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