Celebrating IWD around the world

Our world today is still shockingly unequal. But we believe we can achieve gender equality if we join together to stand up and speak out. To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March and kick-start a month of #March4Women, CARE supporters around the world came together to stand in solidarity with women everywhere and help […]

A powerful gift

When you leave a gift to CARE in your Will, you have an opportunity to make a powerful and long-lasting impact in line with your values and passion. Elizabeth Stroud was motivated to leave a gift to CARE in her Will because she has an interest in justice and a concern for people who are […]

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 […]

Supporting women. Defeating poverty.

Supporting women. Defeating poverty.

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