Three issues facing women (and how to fix them)

In March, representatives from CARE’s offices all over Asia and the Pacific gathered in Hanoi for six days to share ideas, experiences, challenges and successes of their gender equality programs to help others tackle these three major issues facing women and preventing communities from overcoming poverty: Women’s Economic Empowerment In many countries, it is traditional […]

Value women’s work

In Cambodia, women working in the construction sector deserve to be seen. They deserve to be recognised and treated fairly. Value women; value women's work. Our colleagues in CARE Cambodia have produced this wonderful film about the Labour Rights for Female Construction Workers project. Funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation and the European Union, it [...]

Men in Zimbabwe are creating a more equal world

In southern Zimbabwe, traditional gender roles and power differences between women and men often result in women having to perform the bulk of the chores required by daily life. Even in loving relationships, it is common for women to take on most of the responsibility.  “I still remember when I first met my wife,” Naphert, […]

Australia’s forgotten gag rule

By Sally Moyle, Chief Executive, CARE Australia This article was originally published in the Canberra Times on 8 March 2017. When US President Donald Trump effectively banned the discussion of abortion by groups that receive federal government funding, there was immediate global outrage. How could women’s freedoms be blithely axed with the stroke of a […]

Five women to inspire you

By celebrating International Women’s Day, we join in solidarity with women around the world who are overcoming discrimination, prejudice and inequality to lead the way in creating a more equal world. Here are 5 amazing women to inspire you. 1. Helen Pankhurst - a leading women's rights activist “Feminism is a global issue, and our solidarity does [...]

The Top 5 Myths about Famine

To the people of South Sudan and other countries suffering from extreme hunger, ‘famine’ is just one of many words used to describe the level of misery they could face. The word ‘famine’ may not mean much to them, but for the people working on the front lines of this food crisis, the word carries […]

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