Development Blog
ILO Violence and Harassment Convention: Taking stock of progress in the Asia-Pacific region
By Hester Le Roux 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…
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Mrs. The, a garment worker in Vietnam, speaking at a public discussion on sexual harassment in the workplace
Promoting the rights of women garment workers: achievements, challenges and adapting for the future
By Jenny Conrad 26th Mar 2021
2020 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…
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Momena is leading change in her factory in Bangladesh
When a woman succeeds, there are no losers: A conversation with Solange Hai
By Anna de Bruijn 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…
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Sharmini Thiyakaran, business owner in Sri Lanka
Pay, protect and respect women health workers on the frontlines of vaccine distribution
By Emily Janoch 25th Mar 2021
As the international debate rages around vaccine nationalism, the world is ignoring one of the most important investments we need to make to ensure fast and fair global vaccine distribution: fair pay and decent working conditions for those who deliver…
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Nurse Rugiatu at a Primary Health Unit in Sierra Leone (2018)
As a Syrian woman working on the humanitarian response to the crisis in my own country for the past eight years, I have experienced firsthand how the response was not able to meet the needs of women and girls, without…
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Staff working at a CARE-supported hospital in Syria
Last year, 2020, should have represented the best year ever for EU gender equality policy-making and commitments. Over the course of the year, the EU made some great strides on gender equality and indeed, the year very nearly was a…
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Almaz Mekonen, who participated in a family planning project in Ethiopia funded by the European Union under the EU RESET Program
