These can be issues they face in the workplace, like unequal working conditions, and challenges in other spaces, including their homes, their communities, and during their commute. The challenges impact women’s ability to stay in work, the conditions of their work, and whether they benefit from the money they earn.
From domestic workers to those employed in the garment industry, CARE fights to ensure women can access dignified employment opportunities.
CARE’s focus on empowering women in the garment industry has created positive change for tens of thousands of women.
Read moreFor over 15 years, CARE has worked with organizations of domestic workers in Latin America to promote their right to dignified employment.
Read moreCARE fights to ensure garment workers are respected and heard at work.
The garment industry is an important employer in Asia and around the world, but women are disproportionately employed in the most vulnerable, marginalized, and low paid forms of work in the industry.
For more than 20 years, CARE’s ongoing work has had a positive impact on the lives of tens of thousands of workers in the garment industry.
Read more about our work to support women in the garment industry
CARE, BSR’s HERproject, Gap Inc. P.A.C.E., and BetterWork – along with board members from suppliers, brands, women’s rights organizations and worker unions – have formed a new initiative called RISE: Reimagining Industry to Support Equality to scale impact and accelerate equality for women workers in global garment supply chains.
Read RISE’s latest annual report
CARE has established partnerships in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, and Honduras to support domestic workers. Thes partnerships conduct research, share strategies, build coalitions, and strengthen networks to influence public policies, empower local organizations, and improve the lives of more than 10 million domestic workers in the region by 2030.
Read more about our work with domestic workers in Latin America
CARE supported adopting the ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment, a global law focused on preventing violence and harassment in the world of work. The law was formally adopted at the International Labour Conference in June 2019.
Give today to provide hope and dignity to women and girls around the world.
donate now