Impact stories

This week marks the 15th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. In 2000, the adoption of this resolution represented a landmark victory following years of grassroots mobilisation by women across the globe.

On the 6th October the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) Secretariat published their Synthesis report, just a scant eight days before the WHS’s Global Consultation here in Geneva. It is a magnificent document, summing up over 180-odd pages conversations…

CARE International is pleased to announce the publication of the Annual Report for the Financial Year 2014. In the fiscal year 2014, CARE worked in 90 countries around the world, supporting 880 poverty-fighting development and humanitarian aid projects…

I’ve been privileged to join the final World Humanitarian Summit Regional Consultation in South and Central Asia this week in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and all in all it has been a mixed bag.

We are already living in a world of over 7 billion people that is now 0.8° Celsius warmer, where one billion people live in poverty where a shocking 795 million people suffer from chronic hunger and 161 million children are malnourished and stunted

A woman squats on the cement floor, biting her lip hard. She has travelled for two days, by foot to get here, after being turned away from another health center that had no beds left.

The global food system has failed. Almost two billion people are malnourished. In 2014, 161 million children's growth was stunted because they did not get proper nutrition. At the same time, enormous amounts of food are lost post-harvest, or go to waste…

The 59th session of the Committee on the Status of Women (CSW59) that took place in New York from 9 to 21 March aimed at reviewing the progress made on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action 20 years on.

UN Commission on the Status of Women: Ending Child, Early and Forced Marriage - What Works and How to Measure it