Development Blog
Yemen: as the International Development Select Committee gathers, the voices of women and girls must not be dismissed
By Laurie Lee 30th Oct 2018
When it comes to Yemen, we are stuck in a waiting game, and expecting the worst. Two weeks ago, the UN announced that the country is on the brink of the world’s worst famine in 100 years, with 14 million…
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Rawa, 20, who lives in Aden, Yemen
Why the Conservatives can and should own the agenda to end violence in the workplace
By Sascha Lavin 23rd Oct 2018
CARE’s advocacy team travelled to the party conferences this year with one goal: to build support for our #ThisIsNotWorking campaign. How many MPs could we get on board to push for a new global law to tackle workplace violence and…
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Policy and Advocacy Intern, Sascha's party conference pass
The link between suffrage and #MeToo – we mustn’t have to wait until 2028
By Helen Pankhurst 19th Oct 2018
#MeToo has left me thinking what would my ancestors have done to keep up the pressure for change? I’d like to think they would have leapt at the opportunity to build an inclusive movement across class and national boundaries. And…
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A placard at CARE’s #March4Women event on International Women’s Day 2018
What follows today’s Safeguarding Summit? Ways forward on gender and safeguarding in humanitarian action
By Howard Mollett 18th Oct 2018
Co-authored by Ros MacVean, Safeguarding Coordinator, CARE International, and Howard Mollett, Senior Policy Advisor, CARE International UK: Today’s Summit on Safeguarding provides an important moment for international donors, UN agencies and humanitarian agencies working on the ground to outline their…
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“We as women will be able to break stereotypes around women’s roles and responsibilities” – Asma Abdullah, a humanitarian worker in Azraq camp, Jordan
#MeToo one year on, and seven myths that stand in the way of ending abuse
By Laurie Lee 17th Oct 2018
This week marks the one year anniversary of #MeToo, and the subsequent #AidToo movement. This transformed the global conversation, and put this critical issue high on the public agenda. I for one hope it stays there until we as a…
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A placard at CARE’s #March4Women event on International Women’s Day 2018
Is the EU right to see the private sector as the ‘silver bullet’ to solve Europe’s migrant ‘crisis’?
By Inge Brees 12th Oct 2018
The narrative coming out of the European Union is that the private sector can provide the ‘solution’ to Europe’s concerns about migration. Is this about a more equitable partnership with African countries, or is it just self-interest and buying into…
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Refugees sheltering in a disused factory near the Serbian/Croatian border in 2017
