Story type: 5 Minutes of Inspiration

Since 2018 CARE has been working with partners to address gaps which undermine women’s meaningful participation in decision-making in humanitarian contexts.

Kelle is training other Ugandans to use climate smart farming, so they can recover from the shocks of climate change and conflict.

Here’s something that some would have never considered: eating a fish head proves equality at home.

"I can go to the Health Center to ask for services without someone's permission" – Female PROJEUNES Project Participant

By September of 2022, the global food crisis had gotten so extreme that 205.1 million people urgently needed humanitarian food assistance just to survive. Tragically, if we do nothing to invest in long-term food systems, the crisis could worsen fourfold in just 6 months.

First developed in 1999, the Strengthening Opportunities for Adolescent Resilience (SOAR) is a multi-country initiative working with Ministries of Education to provide accelerated education for out-of-school adolescents, particularly girls, enabling them to acquire key academic and life skills.

What happens when you build gender equality into a sustainable market solution? That solution lasts and grows for years after CARE projects end. For Taslima in Bangladesh, the result means “I can save time, spending more time with my family… SDCV’s collection point has made my life so much easier."

“As a peer leader I am teaching girls to be confident and to make decisions that build their future. Everyone should be able to say no and not be passive. This has brought discipline at school and both boys and girls are now more confident to report abuse. Both boys and girls now understand the importance of education and dreaming bigger." Chidzabwe

“The (VSLA) training showed us how to properly manage our money. We discovered we were wasting money and not working together to find the right solution. This is when I decided that my wife would be the best person to look after the money and organize the family expenses.”