Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress

WASHINGTON-(October 8, 2015)– CARE’s Vice President of Advocacy, David Ray testified before U.S. Congress in the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa today. He talked to the Congressional subcommittee about the harsh realities facing the millions of Syrian refugees and displaced inside Syria, the impacts on women and girls and what the U.S. government and international community can do to alleviate the suffering of civilians.

“We must remember that women and girls face particular protection challenges in any crisis, and Syria is no different. Inside Syria, the war has increased the levels of domestic violence and harassment faced by women as well as early marriage among girls. Once women and girls flee the violence in Syria, they still face many of these same grave protection concerns. According to a report released by CARE this past May, child marriages among the Syrian population in Jordan have drastically increased as families seek to protect their daughters within the institution of marriage and secure the financial help marriage can provide the girl and her family . In 2011, 12% of registered Syrian marriages involved a girl aged 15 to 17; by 2013, this percentage has risen to as high as 25%. Similar trends have been observed in other host countries.

The United States must ensure that protection needs of women and girls are included in all short and longer term assistance provided both inside Syria and in the region, including measures to protect against gender-based violence and other actions that put them at risk, like child marriage. We must also ensure that all survivors of gender-based violence have immediate access to care and services,” Ray said.

In response to the Syria Crisis, CARE has reached nearly 1.3 million people in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, and those displaced inside Syria with emergency assistance and solutions for coping with the longer term crisis.

CARE provides emergency cash assistance, psychosocial support, information, referrals, and strengthens water supply and sewage systems, so both Syrian refugees and host families’ lives are improved. Inside Syria, CARE delivers food and emergency supplies to families, and emergency medical equipment and support for women. We also work through partners to provide families with livelihoods support, microfinance and psychosocial support.

Click here to read David Ray’s full testimony or watch online here.

Resources

2016 September CO Factsheet Turkey Northern Syria

CARE Impact Syria Crisis

Helsinki Report Stand and Deliver digital

On 4 February 2016, the international community agreed on a ‘comprehensive new approach’ to address the protracted Syria crisis at the “Supporting Syria and the Region” Conference in London. Donors, and neighboring countries, which host the vast majority of those who have fed Syria, committed to significant financial pledges and policy changes to improve the lives of refugees and host communities. As the one-year mark of the conference approaches, 3 NGO platforms and 28 organizations have reviewed whether donors and host governments have fulfilled their commitments, and whether their actions have led to an improvement in the situation for refugees and host communities in the region.

CARE Impact Syria Crisis March 2016

CARE Syria Crisis Fact Sheet March 2016

CARE On Her Own refugee media report Sept 2016

Women, Work, and War: Research Study

Five years of war and displacement have triggered fundamental shifts in gender roles and responsibilities, both in Syria and in neighboring countries. In Syria before the crisis, women’s economic participation was relatively low at 22 percent in 2010, with some legal barriers but mainly sociocultural norms and practice limiting women’s roles and responsibilities inside and outside the house. As a result of the upheaval, however, Syrian women and men feel that their roles and responsibilities have been reversed: while women increasingly participate in decision-making on income and expenses and assume responsibilities outside the home, men have lost their traditional role as the sole breadwinner and decision-maker.

CARE Women Work and War Fact Sheet

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

WASHINGTON-(October 8, 2015)-- CARE’s Vice President of Advocacy, David Ray testified before U.S. Congress in the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa today. He talked to the Congressional subcommittee about the harsh realities facing the millions of Syrian refugees and displaced inside Syria, the impacts on women and girls and what the

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

The Forgotten South Executive Summary: Food Security and Livelihoods in Southern Syria

This executive summary analyzes the current economic and livelihoods challenges in conflict-affected communities in Southern Sudan.

The Forgotten South Executive Summary: Food Security and Livelihoods in Southern Syria

This executive summary analyzes the current economic and livelihoods challenges in conflict-affected communities in Southern Sudan.

REACH-S Project

Eliminating the immediate suffering of Internally Displaced Persons in host communities

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Assessment of Skills & Market Opportunities for Youth in Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan

This report presents the results of a study commissioned by CARE International in Jordan and Silatech to understand the skill supply and assess livelihood opportunities for youth in Azraq Refugee Camp, aiming at guiding future income generation activities in the camp, including the start-up of viable refugee-led livelihood activities in a planned market area.

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Factsheet: Azraq Refugee Camp

Syria Crisis: April 2015

Life in Refuge

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Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Factsheet: Syria in Conflict

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Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Fact Sheet:Syria Crisis: CARE’s response in Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt

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The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Lives Unseen: Urban Syrian Refugees and Jordanian Host Communities Three Years into the Syria Crisis

Urban Syrian refugees and Jordanian host communities three years into the Syria Crisis

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Statement by InterAction Member CEOs on the Third Anniversary of the Syrian Civil War

The undersigned, member CEOs of InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based international relief and development organizations, wish...

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: Raising the Profile of Women and Girls

We call on donor governments to address the specific needs of women and girls affected by the crisis in Syria.

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Syria: Humanitarian Snapshot

As of 17 September 2013

The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: The Impact on Jordan’s Long-Term Development & Women and Girls

Findings from the CARE Learning Tour to Jordan. In August 2013, a group of high-level policymakers and experts, including Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., traveled to Jordan to learn how U.S. investments are helping the country address both its long-term development as well as the refugee crisis.

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Resources

2016 September CO Factsheet Turkey Northern Syria

CARE Impact Syria Crisis

Helsinki Report Stand and Deliver digital

CARE Impact Syria Crisis March 2016

CARE Syria Crisis Fact Sheet March 2016

CARE On Her Own refugee media report Sept 2016

Women, Work, and War: Research Study

CARE Women Work and War Fact Sheet

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

The Forgotten South Executive Summary: Food Security and Livelihoods in Southern Syria

The Forgotten South Executive Summary: Food Security and Livelihoods in Southern Syria

REACH-S Project

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Assessment of Skills & Market Opportunities for Youth in Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Factsheet: Azraq Refugee Camp

Life in Refuge

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Factsheet: Syria in Conflict

Lebanon: Social Cohesion Study

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Fact Sheet:Syria Crisis: CARE’s response in Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt

The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Lives Unseen: Urban Syrian Refugees and Jordanian Host Communities Three Years into the Syria Crisis

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

Statement by InterAction Member CEOs on the Third Anniversary of the Syrian Civil War

Syria Crisis: David Ray testifies before U.S. Congress on humanitarian crisis

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The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: Raising the Profile of Women and Girls

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Syria: Humanitarian Snapshot

The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: The Impact on Jordan’s Long-Term Development & Women and Girls

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