Topic: Economic Justice

Rana is a 29-year-old Syrian woman from Homs. She is currently the Director of the Women Now Center in Idlib – one of the three CARE-supported centers in the governorate.

Shafeqa is a mother of three disabled children. Her husband lost his job as a farmer and since then she has had to provide for her family.

Kawather lives in Al-Maafar in Taizz with her husband and four children. “Before the war our life was relatively easy. We were able to feed our children. Now everything has changed. My husband lost his job and the prices of everything went up. He went to the city to look for work but he didn’t find anything.”

Wafa, 25 years old. She goes to University in the morning and works in her shop in the afternoon.After she recieved a business grants, she owns now a small shop where she sells bouquets of artificial roses, hand made accessories and makeup.

Rehab Alkhouja, who works for CARE in Yemen as a Women’s Economic Empowerment Field Officer, celebrates International Women's Day by highlighting the role of women in war-torn Yemen.

The story of Hadjo Djibo, a woman on the move from Hamdallaye a small village in Niger about 30 kilometers from the capital Niamey. Hadjo has become a superwoman that advocates for women of her community, she has risen from full housewife to an activist, inspiring entrepreneur and politician through the VSLA program of CARE.

On the idyllic hilltop in Ebinat, a group of 20 women are meeting and greeting each other. One of them is carrying a small lock-box that looks like a treasure chest.

If you want to change the world, start with yourself first. This saying particularly holds true when it comes to changing gender norms.

CARE Philippines has ventured into cassava value chain development in Leyte, one of the most depressed provinces in the Philippines and the hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Cassava is a perennial crop and traditionally grown for food and other food products.