Development Blog
CARE: Five demands for climate justice to COP26 (if it had taken place in 2020)
By Sven Harmeling 09th Nov 2020
This year’s international climate change negotiations (UNFCCC COP26) were scheduled to begin on 9 November 2020, in Glasgow, UK. Five years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, this year’s negotiations were slated to be a moment of reaffirmation and…
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Women paying the price for our clothes – How the EU can address gender inequity in the garment sector
By Huong Hoang 26th Oct 2020
By Huong Hoang and Céline Mias The global fashion industry is one of the most female-dominated industries in the world. It is a goliath of an industry which includes the textile, clothing, and footwear sectors, which is estimated to employ…
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Women make up approximately half of workers in global value chains, yet their representation in leadership positions is poor. Through the FCDO-funded Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) programme – of which CARE is an alliance member – M&S is…
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Four steps that UK must take to put women’s leadership and gender justice at the heart of their COP26 Presidency
By Francesca Rhodes 09th Oct 2020
The UK Government has a crucial opportunity to ensure women and girls are put at the heart of climate action as it hosts COP26 next year, the annual global climate change summit. But their recent decision to appoint an all-male…
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5 ways to learn from local women humanitarians who are responding to the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence
By Zainab Moallin 30th Sep 2020
On 17 March 2020, the Jordanian government introduced measures to tackle the spread of COVID-19 in Jordan. Under such measures, Jordanians were only able to leave their homes between 8.00am and 6.00pm. Every day at 6.00pm, a curfew siren would…
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Why the rush? – understanding early marriage and childbearing in rural Bangladesh
By April Houston 25th Sep 2020
Child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM) happens in nearly every country on the planet and has devastating consequences, especially for young girls. These types of marriages are often followed quickly by pregnancy, which carries huge risks, as the adolescent girls…
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