Combating sexual harassment in Cambodia’s garment industry

Women are central to Cambodia’s economic growth, especially through their employment in the garment industry. More than 600,000 Cambodian women work in the garment industry, many of them having migrated from their home provinces in search of work. Over the last 20 years, Cambodia’s garment industry has grown 250 times to over USD $5 billion, […]

Keeping girls in school in Vanuatu

Florence is 17 years old, and she is determined that she will do things and go places. But for the last few years, there’s been something getting in her way: her period. “In school, when the boys know that we have our periods, they laugh or check our skirts when we get up from our […]

Those in need overseas ignored in 2017 federal budget

With the number of displaced people in the world right now at its highest ever, the need for compassion and aid from countries which can afford it is at its peak. There is a growing global need to build empathy, not barriers, understanding, not ignorance, of the plight of millions currently living in poverty. Yet […]

Cash assistance for refugees in Athens

Today marks the start of National Volunteer Week and we’d like to say an enormous thank you! We’re celebrating by featuring some of the amazing volunteers that help make our work possible right around the world.

Nyaber’s story

Nyaber was born in 2011 – the same year South Sudan gained its independence. In 2014, at age three, conflict forced Nyaber and her family to flee to the forest, where they remained for years. In 2016, they returned home to find everything destroyed. In 2017, famine was declared in her region. This is her [...]

The Garment Industry in Cambodia

The garment sector in Cambodia employs approximately 600,000 people and up to 85% of workers are women with a vast majority migrating from their home provinces for employment.  Although women workers predominate the garment industry, sexual harassment is an issue.  CARE’s research study, I know I cannot quit.’ The Prevalence and Productivity Cost of Sexual […]

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