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Perspectives

What does CARE mean when we say, ‘We put gender at the center?’

By Jenny Conrad · August 18, 2023

CARE's approach to gender equality goes beyond merely including more women and girls; it focuses on addressing the root causes of poverty and inequality, ensuring that all people have equal rights and opportunities. Through various initiatives and projects across more than 100 countries, CARE has helped 16.5 million women and girls since 2015, emphasizing the importance of women's voices, safety, and leadership, and integrating gender into all aspects of their work, including emergency responses, advocacy, and grassroots action.

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What about Somalia?

By Walter Mawere · March 29, 2023

For the past two years, I have seen communities across Somalia that have lost everything and do not know where the next meal will come from. My team and I have been raising the alarm for more than a year on the impending drought, always haunted by the 2011 famine in Somalia that led to the loss of a quarter of a million lives. When the crisis began, we were hopeful that the global community would spring into action to keep history from repeating itself. But we were wrong. Statement followed statement, photo followed photo, and urgent interview followed urgent interview, but two years later the Somalia response is still underfunded. And the situation is getting worse.

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The pandemic has hit women & girls the hardest. Here’s what the U.S. can do to help.

By Aapta Garg and Corinne Paul · December 8, 2022

In September, The National Security Council released its updated COVID-19 Global Response and Recovery Framework, which provides a comprehensive overview of the United States Government’s current approach to addressing COVID-19 and strengthening health systems. Shockingly, this framework neglects to integrate solutions that account for gendered discrepancies in impacts and needs. In fact, the Framework neglects to include specific actions with regards to women and girls at all. The world needs the United States to do better. At CARE, we’re calling on the Biden Administration to include gender equality as a core component of its pandemic response.

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Four ways gender-based violence is making the hunger crisis worse (and what you can do to help break the cycle)

By Jenny Conrad · November 22, 2022

Rates of gender-based violence increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the crisis has only been compounded by the pressures of an ongoing global hunger catastrophe fueled by climate change, resource scarcity, and increased commodity costs. This violence is rooted in gender inequality—and without addressing inequality, women will continue to be both hungry and at risk of violence. CARE’s new report, GBV & Food Insecurity, highlights the many ways these two challenges are inextricably linked.

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