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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Women lead in emergencies
Supporting women to take a lead in responding to the crises that affect them and their communities. -
Rapid gender analysis
Assessing the needs, capacities and coping strategies of women, girls, men and boys in a crisis situation.
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Building Forward after COVID-19
Creating a more equitable, gender-just, inclusive, and sustainable world
Featured Blogs
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ILO Violence and Harassment Convention: Taking stock of progress in the Asia-Pacific region
30th Mar 2021
Co-authored by Hester Le Roux and Siddikur Rahman
As the Generation Equality Forum kicks off in Mexico City this week, we pause to reflect on all the challenges women still face on the road to equality and equity – especially given wide recognition that the global COVID-19 pandemic has impacted women disproportionately, threatening to set back the gender equality agenda by years, if not decades.
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Promoting the rights of women garment workers: achievements, challenges and adapting for the future
By Jenny Conrad26th Mar 20212020 saw the greatest challenges the garment industry – and its workers – have faced. At the end of five years of intense focus on the rights of women working in garment supply chains, CARE’s Made by Women strategy reflects on what has – and has not – changed for workers.
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When a woman succeeds, there are no losers: A conversation with Solange Hai
26th Mar 2021
Time and again it becomes clear that when women are economically empowered, the whole community benefits. That’s why supporting women to start a business is a core focus of CARE. Via, for example, training and access to finance, such as through Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA), women worldwide are finding a way out of poverty.
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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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‘If we don’t work, we don’t eat’: Syrian women face mounting food insecurity a decade into the conflict
After 10 years of conflict and humanitarian crisis in Syria, this research seeks to better understand Syrian women’s experiences during the past decade, with a focus on how their lives have changed, the livelihoods strategies they have employed, and their experiences with food insecurity.
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