Welcome to CARE Insights
Your one-stop shop for the latest thinking on what works, innovation, shared experience and lessons learned in the world of humanitarian and development policy and practice.
In Depth: analysis and opinion
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Ending violence and harassment at work
Could an ILO convention reduce the prevalence of GBV faced by women workers around the world? -
Gender justice
Why is working for gender justice crucial to overcoming poverty – and how can we achieve it?
In Practice: guidance and tools
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CARE gender marker
The CARE Gender Marker helps to drive, evaluate and improve gender-integrated programming. -
Engaging men and boys
CARE strategies and resources for engaging men and boys to promote gender equality.
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Gender and the COVID-19 response
Read our paper on gender implications of COVID-19 outbreaks in development and humanitarian settings
Featured Blogs
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Six months of transforming our COVID response
By Emily Janoch10th Sep 2020September 11th marks six months since the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic. It’s hard to believe both how long this has continued and that we have only been operating in pandemic mode for six months. Some days it’s hard to remember what the world looked like before coronavirus.
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Back to school in the time of Covid
02nd Sep 2020
As children across Europe head back to school, we look to their counterparts across the world. How are children in countries like Madagascar, Afghanistan and Haiti returning to school?
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Why humanitarian action must promote healthier homes for all
19th Aug 2020
Co-authored by Emma Weinstein-Sheffield and Sue Webb
World Humanitarian Day on 19th August reminds us that “in 2020, nearly 168 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection. This represents 1 in about 45 people in the world, and is the highest figure in decades” (UN website). The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought into focus how poor housing quality and overcrowding can be detrimental to both mental and physical health.
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Featured Publication
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Where are the women? The conspicuous absence of women in COVID-19 response teams and plans, and why we need them
The COVID-19 crisis is disproportionately affecting women and girls. This makes it all the more important that their voices are equally included in the decision-making spaces and…
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Latest Publication
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Towards healthier homes in humanitarian settings
This report contains the proceedings of a Multi-sectoral Shelter and Health Learning Day hosted by the ‘Self-recovery from Humanitarian Crisis’ research group. The report, which includes summaries of 20 presentations by humanitarian and development experts, explores how shelter support for housing reconstruction, including through self-recovery, can contribute to physical and mental wellbeing in the short-…
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