News type: Press release

87,000 pregnant and lactating women in need of assistance / Increases in child marriage and gender based violence

CARE is deeply concerned about the safety of women and girls displaced by the recent outbreak of fighting in South Sudan. “In the past weeks we heard troubling accounts of women being raped, gang-raped, beaten or robbed, many of them by soldiers outside the areas where civilians are being protected by the UN.

A statement from over 35 Syrian, regional and international humanitarian, human rights and development organisations on the Russia-Syrian proposal to establish "humanitarian corridors" out of Aleppo

Humanitarian agencies in southern Africa have called on donors to release urgently-needed funds to save the lives and sustain the livelihoods of millions of people affected by a severe El Niño-induced drought in the region.

Warring parties, international community and UN peacekeeping force must do more to protect civilians and aid agencies

More than 300,000 civilians in Aleppo and an estimated 60,000 in the Manbij area, Syria, have been cut off from aid in the last three weeks, marking a shameful deterioration since the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) promised to open full access to aid across the country six months ago.

Advocacy is integral to delivering CARE’s vision and mission. This Handbook is a toolkit of approaches, techniques and resources to help CARE staff, partners and other NGO colleagues think about how to integrate advocacy into their work. It includes numerous case studies and examples of advocacy across the CARE confederation at national, regional and global levels.

In the Syrian governorate of Aleppo, the Castello Road, which is the main access point for food, humanitarian assistance, and fuel for ambulances and hospitals in the city, has been entirely severed.

Ahead of a high-level event in support of the response to the impacts of El Niño and climate change in New York on Tuesday, CARE urges the international community to take immediate action to scale-up live-saving humanitarian assistance.