“If you educate a girl you educate a whole nation”
On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl, Fatima reflects on why she thinks that education is key.
Story type: Story
“My biggest dream is to be able to write my name”
It was seven in the morning when Maryam hears the loud sound of the school bell. Maryam, 15, and her sisters wake up, quickly put on some clothes and rushed out of the house.
International Day of the Girl: advice from Syrian teens
Advice from Syrian teens in CARE peer to peer support groups
"All we ask is for freedom of movement"
A ten year old Myanmar refugee in Bangladesh, Roida and her older brother tell their stories
Torture, trauma, mass rape
Many of the girls I spoke to who were raped did not complain about the psychological and physical pain they are going through. They try to keep going, try to forget, try to survive.
Running a health center in a conflict zone
The crisis is not easy to understand and has multiple causes. But what is clear is that people are in urgent need of assistance in this unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
“No one is spared by this crisis”
During my visit to Kasai in the Democratic Republic of Congo, I was visiting a health center in Miabi Heath. I was accompanied by a nurse who was trained by CARE on sexual and reproductive health.
“Slaves in a body”
“You women and girls are inferior human beings. This is God’s will and nothing can be done to change that”, an old man in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently said to me.
I was a virgin: I am not anymore
Garcia is 16 years old. In her short life, she has already lived through great pain.