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CARE Jordan: She is a Humanitarian Report
CARE Jordan's ‘She is a Humanitarian’ report finds that women’s participation in decision-making mechanisms was weak during COVID-19 humanitarian responses.
CARE Jordan's ‘She is a Humanitarian’ report finds that women’s participation in decision-making mechanisms was weak during COVID-19 humanitarian responses.
As donors prepare to meet on June 15 to make pledges to Syria and neighboring countries hosting Syrian refugees, it has become ever more pressing for donors to reassess their approach to offering humanitarian assistance in support of the Syrian people.
CARE partners continue lifesaving support and have distributed 20 tons of water, boats, and water pumps.
The explosion of Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant has forced the evacuation of thousands of people and threatens the region’s food and water supply, in addition to the ecosystem of Crimea and the Black Sea.
The 2008 crisis drove 97 million more people into hunger, while the current crisis has driven 209.6 million more people into hunger, and that number is still climbing. Although the 2022 crisis is twice as bad, it is not seeing similar urgency in funding and systemic responses.
112.2 million more people around the world were driven to hunger after 2020, compared to the previous major global food crisis in 2008-2009. Despite this significant increase in hunger (116%), the international community is not responding with the same funding urgency.
Nearly 90,000 people have crossed over from Sudan to South Sudan as the conflict approaches its second month. 53% of these are women and girls who are arriving with nothing more than the clothes on their backs.
With the conflict in Sudan in its fifth week, CARE is deeply concerned about the impact the violence has had on hundreds of thousands of Sudanese people, especially women, and children, forced to flee their homes amid the violence.
As extreme effects of climate change exacerbate devastating crises in the Horn of Africa, CARE calls for the full funding of the region's Humanitarian Resource Plan to save lives.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.