Most Countries Fail to Include Women in Their COVID-19 Response Teams & Plans
Canada Leads the Pack in Gendered Response, Brazil Ranks the Worst
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CARE International and UN Women advocate for rapid gender analysis in crisis response to reduce inequality in LAC
Women and girls across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are facing a terrifying mix of, increased domestic violence, increased care burden, lower access to income and jobs, and potential social unrest as a result of the coronavirus outbreaks finds a…
COVID-19 could have disastrous implications for 12 million breastfeeding women and their babies in high risk countries, warns CARE International
According to recent data from the INFORM risk database, eight countries face the highest risk of the health and humanitarian impacts of COVID-19 community transmission. Within this population a CARE International analysis estimates that there are around…
New CARE report: how COVID-19 is changing gender norms in West Africa
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 20 May, 2020. Women are excluded from information sharing on COVID-19 and from key high level decision making processes at national and regional level, says a new West Africa CARE gender analysis. Despite this, the analysis…
New Study: COVID-19 condemns millions of women to poverty, when they could be a solution to prosperity
A new study by CARE International “COVID could condemn women to decades of poverty: Implications of COVID-19 on Women’s Economic Justice and Rights” reveals how the global pandemic is having a real and immediate economic impact on women in the developing…
New COVID-19 Global Rapid Gender Analysis Addresses Concerns of Women and Girls in Pandemic
Today, CARE and the International Rescue Committee published a Rapid Gender Assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic based on secondary data analysis undertaken between 12-20 March, 2020. The analysis was undertaken to explore the current and potential…
Two New CARE Reports Examine Resilience and Changing Gender Norms Among Syrians
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 gender roles.
The UN’s SDGs will remain a pipe dream unless gender violence is addressed, and women are economically empowered
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will remain a pipe dream unless world leaders accelerate efforts for the economic empowerment of women and address gender-based violence, CARE International experts say.
Joint Oral Statement: Urgent need to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen and its impact on the most vulnerable populations
Joint oral statement by Save the Children and 12 Civil Society Organizations: Urgent need to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen and its impact on the most vulnerable populations. A call for renewal and strengthening of the mandate of the Group of…