Development Blog
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
UK aid and the role of business – will it deliver economic empowerment for women?
By Laurie Lee 12th Oct 2018
The UK government is increasingly highlighting the link between business and UK aid, and the need for aid spending to benefit the UK. For us at CARE the primary question has to be: does it economically empower poor women?
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Members of the Chadongo women's group in Malawi who have received business loans through Lendwithcare.org
