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Here you can find our latest thinking on humanitarian and development policy and practice.
This Integrated Risk Management (IRM) Policy checklist has been developed for Partners for Resilience (PfR) Alliance partners and their in-country counterparts. The aim of the checklist is to identify areas for improvement within current legislation, policies and implementation in relation to PfR’s IRM approach. Your...
In the world’s poorest communities, lack of access to finance is one of many barriers that prevent women from participating as equals with men in society. Lack of credit or even basic savings accounts limit women in their efforts to lift themselves out of poverty...
Disasters cause substantial losses not only in lives but also in livelihoods. Chronic disasters cause the adverse impacts of these losses to accumulate by not allowing affected households to rebuild their livelihoods and recover. The accumulated negative impacts of recurring disasters on household livelihoods have...
If you don’t post it, did it really happen? In the age of social media and 24-hour news cycles, this question has become a mantra for many. What we read, see or hear manifests in reality. What we do not catch on screen or online...
Women on the Move is a CARE regional strategy to mobilise savings groups in West Africa, so that women and girls can assert their basic economic and social rights. Evidence has shown that women-led savings groups are a powerful platform for promoting women’s economic empowerment,...
The Community Score Card (CSC) is a powerful tool for the participation of communities in decision-making processes. It has shown its potential for incorporation into formal local planning processes through the Every Voice Counts programme. It has led to the empowerment of excluded groups (in...
On Saturday 15th December, the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) of the UNFCCC concluded in Katowice, Poland after much debate, push from civil society organizations (CSO) and developing countries and push back from developed countries with industrialized economies. CARE and its partners engaged in...
