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Training midwives doesn’t just protect mothers – it gives women a livelihood too

In the north eastern corner of Bangladesh lies Sunamganj district. A remote area that is underwater for almost half of the year, it is one of the hardest places in the country to be a mother. In 2012, only 11% of births were assisted by a skilled health worker compared to a third across the country, and the maternal mortality rate was double that of the nation as a whole.

From #REFUGEESWELCOME to the World Humanitarian Summit: What can we learn from the current crisis to inform a new global deal for refugees?

Speakers at the panel discussion: Sandrine Tiller (Médecins sans Frontières), Ibrahim Olabi (Syrian Legal Development Programme), Rachael Beaven (DFID), Maurice Wren (British Refugee Council)

Last Thursday 22nd October, over sixty people from diverse backgrounds joined a panel debate at CARE International’s 70th anniversary exhibition in London to discuss lessons learned from the humanitarian and wider response to the global refugee crisis.

We need a new deal for refugees and refugee-hosting nations and we need it now

People queuing at the Serbia-Croatia border waiting to board buses to the camp of Opatovac inside Croatia, 21 October 2015

Tonight, CARE International hosts an event in London to discuss the global refugee crisis with representatives from DFID, UNHCR, the British Refugee Council, MSF and the Syrian Legal Development Programme, a local organisation working on the protection of civilians and adherence to international humanitarian law inside Syria. How the UK and others should respond to the refugee crisis is hotly debated amongst politicians, the media and general public. Here are four ideas for tonight’s debate.

From #REFUGEESWELCOME to the World Humanitarian Summit: CARE panel discussion

Refugees gathering by a roadside in Serbia

CARE will be holding a panel discussion on 22 October to explore what we can learn from the current crisis to inform a new global deal for refugees.

What next for Syria? How 15 years of experience with UNSCR 1325 could inform a different approach to the Syrian conflict

Women with United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid packages in the besieged Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus (photo taken on a mobile phone)

This year marks 15 years since world leaders passed UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. On Tuesday 13 October, diplomats meet to review and chart ways forward on global efforts to protect and empower women in times of conflict. Given what we have learned from UNSCR 1325, what should we do differently from tomorrow on the Syrian conflict?

Call to Action on gender-based violence in emergencies: 4 ideas for the Roadmap

Women at Berseve 1, one of the largest camps for displaced people in northern Iraq, with almost 15,000 people living there

On Thursday 1 October, John Kerry, US Secretary of State, Tobias Ellwood, UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and a number of other senior politicians from wealthy donor nations and developing countries, as well as leaders of UN humanitarian agencies and NGOs like CARE, meet at the United Nations to launch a new global ‘Roadmap’ to combat gender-based violence in humanitarian crises through to 2020. Here are four ideas for how the Roadmap can make a difference.

The last consultation... Closing the input stage of the World Humanitarian Summit

An internally displaced woman receives a kit of non-food items from CARE staff in northern Cameroon, July 2015

I’ve been privileged to join the final World Humanitarian Summit Regional Consultation in South and Central Asia this week in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and all in all it has been a mixed bag.

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Training midwives doesn’t just protect mothers – it gives women a livelihood too

From #REFUGEESWELCOME to the World Humanitarian Summit: What can we learn from the current crisis to inform a new global deal for refugees?

We need a new deal for refugees and refugee-hosting nations and we need it now

From #REFUGEESWELCOME to the World Humanitarian Summit: CARE panel discussion

What next for Syria? How 15 years of experience with UNSCR 1325 could inform a different approach to the Syrian conflict

Call to Action on gender-based violence in emergencies: 4 ideas for the Roadmap

The last consultation... Closing the input stage of the World Humanitarian Summit

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