Women's Empowerment

Meet the women leading Syria’s fight for survival and recovery

By Dora Vangi and CARE Staff · February 14, 2025

"If I return, how will I live? There are no schools, hospitals, or health centers. There are no jobs. If I go back, what will I return to? A home with no walls?" says Salwa, a displaced mother struggling to rebuild her life in Syria.

A ‘window of hope’ for the women of Afghanistan: business training to address missing jobs

By Anisa Husain and Sarita Suwannarat, translations by Arezo Nabizada and Zarmina Hakimi · June 3, 2024

Learn how women in Afghanistan are getting around strict employment restrictions by starting their own businesses.

The “Amazons” of Côte d’Ivoire

By Aisha Rahamatali · May 23, 2024

The 18th century Amazon women of the Kingdom of Dahomey were known for their bravery, their audacity, and their innovation. Like their ancestral sisters in Dahomey, these Amazons of Côte d'Ivoire are modern-day warriors.

How a women-led textile business is weaving a lasting legacy in Peru

By CARE Staff · May 9, 2024

In Peru, it’s common for banks to require men as co-signers on loans, even loans for women-owned businesses. This is a story of one woman's success, despite the odds.

The ‘VIP Gypsy’ of Odessa

By Halyna Bilak · April 7, 2024

Thanks to the women’s leadership training organized by Winds of Change, a national NGO in Odessa, with the support of CARE, Zinaida has gained confidence and ideas to counter discrimination and stigma against her own Roma community in Ukraine.

“My name is Madame Aichatou Mounkaila. I come from Niger”

By Aichatou Mounkaila, as told to Michael de Vulpillieres · December 4, 2023

Aichatou Mounkaila has spent the last 20 years of her life supporting and empowering women and girls in Niger. She recently spoke at the United Nations.

Sudan: farming during wartime

By Shakir Elhassan · December 1, 2023

In East Darfur, women and girls still largely earn a living through agriculture, working hard on land owned by their families to produce food and cash crops. Yet they often see few of the proceeds when crops are sold. Their agricultural fortunes have begun to change through a CARE Sudan program which helps women establish vegetable gardens for both food and income, and has also assisted herders with veterinary care.

Meet Fatima, the 110-year-old financial ‘mother’ of Greater Cairo

By Sarah Arafat · November 20, 2023

Fatima is a 110-year-old Sudanese mother of seven and grandmother of many more. This is her inspiring journey to hope and economic empowerment.

‘I want the world to know’: Ugandan women sound the alarm on climate change

By Jacky Habib · November 1, 2023

Ugandan women confront the severe impacts of climate change -- from record-breaking droughts to increasing food insecurity.

The singing banker of Thanh Hoa

By Travis Nichols · August 1, 2023

Nguyen Hai Duong, General Director of Thanh Hoa Microfinance Institution in Vietnam, breaks the banker's stereotype by showcasing his passion for local delicacies, ornamental flowers -- and nurturing women entrepreneurs through a partnership with CARE's Women's Economic Justice program.

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Women's Empowerment

Meet the women leading Syria’s fight for survival and recovery

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