Women's Empowerment

Honduras: ‘Women need to know these things’

By Pamela Villars Nehring · June 21, 2023

Rural women producers face specific barriers that prevent them from forming associations and gaining equal access to credit to start or improve businesses. In response, CARE, together with USAID and Cargill, launched Properous Futures to offer a comprehensive response in the most affected areas, focused specifically on building women leaders.

Meet three women challenging gender stereotypes in gaming

By Jacky Habib · June 12, 2023

Young males in low-income countries are twice as likely to have online access as girls. These women are working to change that. The gendered digital divide prevents girls from socializing, learning, and accessing opportunities.

Farming in Lebanon: “This isn’t a country of dreams”

By CARE Staff · June 1, 2023

This isn’t the country of dreams; it’s the country of misery. Really. We are without electricity, medical care. We are deprived of everything. There’s nothing. So, my dreams for my country? For it to become a just country among all the Lebanese people.

Barbara’s story: From food insecurity to financial power in Ghana’s cocoa fields

By Josephine Bonsu and Laura Noel · November 29, 2022

Barbara Sika Larweh is a volunteer community organizer in the cocoa-growing region of Ghana who has persuaded many women in several villages to grow their own food and join their local village savings and loan program.

Glorifying multi-tasking by women entrepreneurs must stop

By Rathi Mani-Kandt · November 16, 2022

New research from CARE has revealed a stark truth about women entrepreneurs: Despite some progress, gender norms are still keeping women across the globe from reaching their business ambitions.

Beyond data: the power of listening

By Emily Janoch · September 29, 2022

We deal with huge numbers all day in humanitarian and development work. Behind every single one of those numbers is a human—millions of humans—living a life and trying to deal with the challenges they are facing. They matter beyond the insight that mining their data can provide.

How to fix the sexist future of work

By Emily Janoch · June 8, 2022

The first three industrial revolutions opened up rights and equality. The fourth one threatens to roll them all back.

Women, girls in Afghanistan hope for the return of education for all

By Suzy Sainovsky and Reid Davis · June 3, 2022

In Afghanistan, most schools closed as the country’s government changed in August 2021. Over the following months they gradually opened for boys in all grades, but girls above grade six have been home for nearly 10 months.

Kabul Women’s Association builds gender equality at a grassroots level

By Suzy Sainovsky and Reid Davis · May 27, 2022

Since the change in Afghanistan’s government, which resulted in the dissolution of the country’s Ministry for Women’s Affairs, the CARE-funded Kabul Women’s Association has served an increasingly important role.

Refugees in Jordan feeling the effects of Ukraine conflict

By Sarah Easter · May 18, 2022

Ghena and Hanan currently have to spend the equivalent of 11 euros to buy three liters of cooking oil -- three euros more than six weeks ago. The effects of the war in Ukraine have now also reached Jordan. This means only one thing after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: further fear for their income.

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Women's Empowerment

Honduras: ‘Women need to know these things’

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Meet three women challenging gender stereotypes in gaming

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Farming in Lebanon: “This isn’t a country of dreams”

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Barbara’s story: From food insecurity to financial power in Ghana’s cocoa fields

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Glorifying multi-tasking by women entrepreneurs must stop

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Beyond data: the power of listening

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How to fix the sexist future of work

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Women, girls in Afghanistan hope for the return of education for all

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Kabul Women’s Association builds gender equality at a grassroots level

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Refugees in Jordan feeling the effects of Ukraine conflict

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Women's Empowerment

Honduras: ‘Women need to know these things’

Meet three women challenging gender stereotypes in gaming

Farming in Lebanon: “This isn’t a country of dreams”

Barbara’s story: From food insecurity to financial power in Ghana’s cocoa fields

Glorifying multi-tasking by women entrepreneurs must stop

Beyond data: the power of listening

How to fix the sexist future of work

Women, girls in Afghanistan hope for the return of education for all

Kabul Women’s Association builds gender equality at a grassroots level

Refugees in Jordan feeling the effects of Ukraine conflict

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