I am proud to be with our CARE International delegation together with over 9,000 participants from civil society organizations from all over the world who have gathered in New York for two weeks. We are here for the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), an annual meeting in which world leaders meet to review progress on women’s rights.
Every year, hundreds of women’s rights activists come to New York to lobby governments in the United Nations on gender equality during the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). This year, CARE International has partnered with UN Women and the World Humanitarian Summit Secretariat to convene a workshop during CSW to consult activists from countries torn apart by war and natural disasters on how to better protect and empower women and girls in times of crisis.
CARE International is taking part in the European Week of Action for Girls to advocate for gender equality.
One third of the world’s girls are married before the age of 18 and 1 in 9 are married before the age of 15. If present trends continue, 142 million girls will be married before their 18th birthday over the next decade. That’s an average of 14.2 million girls each year.
Violence against women and girls is one of the worst global epidemics. Studies show that gender-based violence (GBV) accounts for as much death and ill-health in women aged 15-44 years as cancer does. It is a greater cause of ill-health than malaria and traffic accidents combined.
As the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict starts in London, humanitarian agency CARE International calls for governments around the world to include teaching on gender equality and ending violence against women in national curricula.
Advocacy is integral to delivering CARE's vision. This manual is a toolkit of approaches, techniques, and additional resources to help CARE staff think about how to integrate advocacy into their work.
Advocacy is integral to delivering CARE’s vision and mission. This Handbook is a toolkit of approaches, techniques and resources to help CARE staff, partners and other NGO colleagues think about how to integrate advocacy into their work.
New York (28 March 2014): CARE International participated in the 58th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58) which was held from 10 to 21 March. Our experts from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, propose their analysis of the results of the negotiations.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
