Education and Work for Women

How a Women’s Savings Group in Niger Came Together to Supply More than 10,000 Masks

July 17, 2020

After their jobs disappeared due to coronavirus, savings group president Aïchatou Cheitou helped focus the group on mask and soap production and started a mutual aid program to ensure families in her community had enough to eat.

How this Farmer is Rebuilding After She Lost Everything in a Typhoon

By Jacky Habib and Brooks Lee • February 24, 2020

Rosemarie Arante lost everything when Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in 2013. Since then, she has rebuilt her life, earning enough money to send her children to school and is now hopeful for the future.

Meet the Female Car Mechanic Defying the Odds in a Male-Dominated Field

By Jacky Habib and Kate Adelung • February 21, 2020

Rabeya is using her earnings to pull her family out of poverty in Bangladesh and plans to open her own garage.

She had dreams of becoming a doctor. Then war erupted in Yemen

By Mohammed Almahdi • January 3, 2020

Abeer* is a 20-year-old student from Saber in Lahj governorate, Yemen. In her own words, she shares how nearly five years of war has upended her entire existence.

This 10-Year-Old Yemeni Girl is Helping Fight Cholera in Her Community

By Jennifer Bose • December 17, 2019

Amaal’s life was turned upside down by a brutal war, but that hasn’t stopped her from helping others in need

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My life-changing experience in Rwanda

By Bellamy Young • October 23, 2019

Meeting women like Brigitte who are empowering the next generation of girls in Rwanda and beyond

International Day of the Girl 2019

By CARE Staff • September 30, 2019

What’s one of the most dangerous things a person can do? Be born a girl.

Some Students in Ethiopia Are Hitchhiking to School Every Day

By Jacky Habib and Kate Adelung • August 15, 2019

The public bus runs just one day a week in Dire Dawa’s suburbs. The rough terrain and long distance to school make walking impossible.

Inside Kenya’s All-Girls Boxing Club

By Jacky Habib • July 18, 2019

Over the last 10 years, more than 2,000 girls have learned self-defense and self-confidence through Box Girls’ programs

How One Congolese Woman is Rebuilding her Life After Conflict

By Mahmoud Shabeeb • May 9, 2019

After being injured by shrapnel and forced to flee her home, Rosette started weaving beautiful handmade baskets to support her family. It was just the beginning.

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