Education and Skills
A story of hope for Indigenous culture and language in Cambodia
Indigenous communities in Cambodia often face multi-faceted challenges to educate their children owing to a lack of appropriate primers. Nang Chhok* is nine years old. She attends a multilingual primary school in the O’chum district, Ratanakiri province, in Cambodia, where she learns in both Khmer and her Indigenous Krueng language.
Read MoreHonduras: ‘Women need to know these things’
Rural women producers face specific barriers that prevent them from forming associations and gaining equal access to credit to start or improve businesses. In response, CARE, together with USAID and Cargill, launched Properous Futures to offer a comprehensive response in the most affected areas, focused specifically on building women leaders.
Read MoreLebanon: When hard work is not enough
Taha and his family have moved in with his 67-year-old mother after he lost his job and could no longer afford to pay rent for his own home. He works two or three days a week as a taxi driver, but the cost to rent the car often exceeds the money he makes driving it.
Read MoreAzhar’s story: “For a 12-year-old girl, I felt my future was lost.”
Azhar was born in Syria – a place she remembers as having “green fields and great people” -- but after she turned seven, Azhar began having trouble. She developed a fear of the near-constant military planes that flew over her neighborhood, and the local militant groups began imposing “strict restrictions, especially in the war area.” One day, Azhar found her neighbors, covered in blood, dead fro
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Somalia: ‘I want to become minister of education so that other girls can learn’
“The children in our school come from families that have been displaced due to the current drought,” explains Halima, principal of Ayaanle Primary School. Currently, 1.4 million children in Somalia are affected by the drought. Hamdi, 14, is one of them. She attends the fifth grade.
Read MoreDocumenting women garment-industry leaders: photographers reflect on a fashion revolution
We asked women photographers in three countries in Asia to document the stories of women working in the garment industry. Yen in Vietnam, Fabeha in Bangladesh and Anita in Indonesia each spoke to women holding different roles in garment factories to learn what matters most to them. Their stories are inspiring and clearly show the importance of ensuring women’s voices are respected and valued in th
Read MoreUnlocking Girl Power: A partnership rooted in girl-led movements
Girls’ expertise in their own lives and their dynamic contributions are visibly absent from decision-making spaces that affect their lives and rights. Whether it’s their parents deciding to stop their schooling without even consulting them or going to a health post that doesn’t know how to meet their needs as teenagers, girls and young women have a lot more to say than their families, their teache
Read MoreA woman’s place… is employing other women
Before contending with the weather and pests, Amal* first had to contend with hearts and minds who felt running an agriculture business was inappropriate for a Syrian woman. A few months ago, Amal took part in CARE training, and subsequently received $5,000 which she used to grow her business, renting a piece of land to cultivate fruits and vegetables. Today, she employs 11 to 15 women, depending
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