Topic: Sexual, Reproductive and Maternal Health

Feminism is not a fad. For decades, the call for women’s equal rights has only grown louder, and some of these from men themselves in centuries past.

Kamaliza describes her experience of giving birth and living in Rhino refugee settlement.

Testimonies of CARE-trained midwives in Rhino refugee settlement.

“When fighting breaks out, it is the pregnant women and children who suffer the most”. This is what Angelina tells me, a mother who had come for an antenatal visit to one of our CARE health facilities.

The 32 year old mother of four comes from Riak village in Unity state, three hours walk from Mankein. Riak once had a smart health facility complete with medical equipment and a pharmacy, but that was before the crisis that plunged South Sudan into chaos in December 2013.

''On a recent fieldtrip to the Far West (July 2013), I was really impressed to meet a Mother’s Group and their Female Community Health Volunteer (FCHV) and to learn about the technique that has been developed, and which they are using, to keep track of important actions that can help prevent maternal and neonatal death.

London, UK (July 11, 2012) – At the close of the London Summit on Family Planning, CARE International, one of the world’s largest humanitarian aid organizations, applauds the global community for standing by girls and women to ensure that they can decide if, when and how many children to bear.

London, UK (July 9, 2012) – As world leaders convene July 11 for the London Summit on Family Planning, CARE International, one of the world’s largest humanitarian aid organizations, offers Top 10 Tips on how to meet the family planning needs of millions of women and men in the world’s poorest countries by 2020.

March 8, 2012 (GENEVA) — This International Women’s Day, CARE isn’t just celebrating women’s empowerment. The poverty-fighting organization is measuring it too, centimeter by centimeter.