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Women can help lead efforts to reduce losses in disasters – if they get a chance The impacts of disaster and climate change discriminate: women, men, girls and boys are all affected differently. It is women and girls who are more likely to suffer due...
Refugees are uniquely vulnerable. But refugees girls doubly so. When extreme violence, hunger or climate drives them from their homes, they are the first to be trafficked for sex or child labor; the first to be exploited as tools of war; and the first to...
An adaptation of the SASA! approach to prevent and respond to intimate partner violence This paper reviews adaptation processes of the Indashyikirwa program in Rwanda, a four-year program to prevent intimate partner violence, implemented by CARE Rwanda, Rwanda Men’s Resource Center (RWAMREC) and Rwanda’s Women’s...
Disasters wipe out development progress and are being exacerbated by climate change, population growth, ecosystem degradation, and uncontrolled economic development. The poorest and the most vulnerable people are the hardest impacted groups of people as they are the most exposed to hazards and least able...
‘Transformational. Collaborative. Inspirational. These are some of the words used to describe the ‘Women for Women’ project that we ran from 2015-2018, generously funded by H&M Foundation.’ This is how Reintje van Haeringen (Chief Executive, CARE Netherlands) describes the Collective Power report, which was published this...
A global success In 1991, CARE harnessed the ancient practice of group savings in a new concept called the Village Savings & Loans Associations (VSLA). This programme particularly focused on women, and provided a safe way to save money and access loans. Without outside capital,...
Throughout the ‘Women for Women’ project in Ethiopia CARE and MCDP have worked closely with the Addis Ababa City Administration. They have played a vital role through opening up access for the women to the bazaars, supporting the establishment of Savings & Credit Cooperatives and supporting...
