Development Blog
What happens next? – An initial assessment of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence
By Howard Mollett 13th Jun 2014
Four days; over 120 states represented at senior levels from ministries of foreign affairs, defence, gender, education, justice and health; over 1,000 civil society activists; unscheduled demos from neglected conflicts and the movement against deportation of rape survivors; movie stars;…
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John Kerry speaking at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
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CARE’s discussion event at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict asked panellists to share their experience on what works in engaging men and boys – and what are their practical recommendations for scaling up this work and…
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Panellists at the 'Tackling root causes of violence' event
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Red herring or ripe for attention? – Putting men and boys on the agenda at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
By Howard Mollett 10th Jun 2014
CARE International is calling for increased attention to engaging men and boys on gender-based violence at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. This is not an uncontroversial stance. Some say it risks distracting from, or worse undermining,…
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Boys in Pristina taking part in CARE's Young Men Initiative
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Three lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo for the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
By Yawo Douvon 10th Jun 2014
Over recent years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been a kind of laboratory for different initiatives to tackle impunity for war rape. Last year, the UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and Angelina Jolie visited the DRC and CARE’s projects…
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A CARE staff member leading a training session for community volunteers in the DRC on how to raise awareness and respond to gender-based violence
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Gender-based violence: a global epidemic requiring committed and effective action
By Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro 06th Jun 2014
Violence against women and girls is one of the worst global epidemics. Studies show that gender-based violence (GBV) accounts for as much death and ill-health in women aged 15-44 years as cancer does. It is a greater cause of ill-health…
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A call to stop domestic violence in Uganda
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Micro-franchising for development: The example of Krishi Utsho in Bangladesh
By Alexa Roscoe 03rd Jun 2014
The development world has long embraced micro-finance, and there is a lot of hype about micro-entrepreneurs, but what exactly is a micro-franchise?
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A woman participant in the Krishi Utsho micro-franchise network
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