Topic: Advocacy

CARE study finds evidence of harmful coping strategies in Mozambique; girls as young as 11 have to engage in survival sex for food

CARE urges governments to build on the Paris Agreement’s rapid entry-into-force and translate political momentum into actions that benefit the poor.

Multi-sectoral experts will meet in Brussels today to discuss the urgent issue of gender-based violence that is prevalent worldwide, and gets particularly worse in conflict and among displaced populations. For example, in camps and host communities, lack of security and inadequate protection leave women and girls vulnerable to rape and harassment

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.

Amidst the horrors of the war in Syria, the humanitarian organization CARE International wishes to express its respect and admiration for the Syrian Civil Defence, commonly referred to as the White Helmets and one of CARE’s partner organizations.

The heinous attack against a UN humanitarian aid convoy to Aleppo shocked the world. It is a sad manifestation of the great danger humanitarian workers are facing in Syria today: caught between the front lines, constantly on the run from shelling, bombing, kidnapping and arrest.

CARE welcomes the commitments set forth by countries attending President Obama’s Leaders’ Summit on Refugees.

World leaders gathered today for the first ever UN Refugee and Migrant Summit to formally adopt a UNGA resolution for addressing the global refugee crisis.

This joint statement, signed by 42 grassroots women-led civil society organisations, human rights and humanitarian agencies, outlines recommendations for commitments by states attending the Global Refugee and Migrant Summits, to ensure the protection and safety of refugee women and girls.