Impact stories

This article outlines five main facts about the Uganda refugee crisis that you should know

After the worst drought in living memory, Amina Suleiman has nothing but cardboard to feed her cows.

On 15 March, the world marks six years of conflict in Syria. Six years of death and destruction, of siege and starvation, of hospitals destroyed, schools closed, livelihoods lost, and family members disappeared.

Feminism is not a fad. For decades, the call for women’s equal rights has only grown louder, and some of these from men themselves in centuries past.

According to the UN more than 1.5 million asylum seekers have taken refuge in Uganda, since the civil war that erupted in South Sudan in December 2013.

Human Rights Day happens 10 December every year to commemorate the day in 1948 that governments of the world adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations.

Growing up, Ayat had much in common with her father, strong opinions and a desire to share them. Having just completed her final year of high school, she hopes to attend university – but with a lack of funding, it remains only a dream.

How people in Niger are suffering because of climate change … and how they are fighting back

In the context of the European Week of Action for Girls, CARE and World Vision are organising an event on ‘Investing in and Empowering Women and Girls in Crisis and Fragility’ in the European Parlimant on the 12 of October 2016.