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Food & Nutrition

From blocking shots to blocking hunger: Former Syrian pro basketballer leads humanitarian work in Yemen

By Salah Hamwi · February 27, 2023

It has been a little over a decade that I quit professional basketball. But I still play. I still fight. The target has slightly changed, though. Now I fight against hunger. Now I fight against gender inequality. Now I fight against cold. Now I fight against diseases.  I fight against the day-to-day challenges faced by thousands of conflict-, displacement-, and natural disaster-affected people in Yemen.

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How to end the destructive cycle of food insecurity and child marriage

By Jenny Conrad · December 15, 2022

For generations, food scarcity and rising costs have pushed families like Ayana's into poverty, which, in turn, has increased the risk for girls falling prey to child, early, and forced marriage. CARE’s recent report on Gender-Based Violence and Food Insecurity provides a snapshot into this cycle of hunger, inequality, and violence, revealing how food insecurity and poverty have often reinforced male privilege, power, and control, which in turn has pushed more girls like Ayana into early marriage.

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Rwanda: How addressing the roots of violence at home can help families facing food shortages now

By Jenny Conrad · December 2, 2022

Many women are vulnerable to violence in Rwanda. According a recent government study, 1 in 3 married women reported experiencing physical violence from their partners, and 46% of married women have experienced spousal physical, sexual, or emotional violence. But all of that can be improved when couples join Indashyikirwa – which means ‘agents of change’ in Kinyarwanda– and examine the power dynamics in their relationships.

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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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Wafaa’s Story: “In my house, there is nothing at all”

By Alison Shapiro · October 28, 2022

Wafaa, a 41-year-old single mom, lives in an apartment in Lebanon with her three boys. They are at the center of many crises. The financial crisis came first. It began in 2019, and since then Lebanon’s currency has lost 99% of its value, and more than two-thirds of the population lives below the poverty line.This crisis — and then the 2020 port explosion — has only fueled an already dire hunger crisis where supermarket shelves sit empty and the cost of food soared 700% in two years.

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Drought in Somalia: ‘If things go on like this, we will also lose our lives’

By Sarah Easter · August 26, 2022

In a good rainy season, Asha Mohammed, 43, can harvest her tomatoes every three weeks and sell 18 kg for around 12 euros. But for the second year in a row, it has rained far too little in Somalia. Now, Asha has to buy tomatoes herself from the next town, and her village doesn't have enough water in its tanks even to drink. The villagers must rely on expensive water trucks from the nearest town.

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