Development Blog
CARE's response to the parliamentary inquiry into sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector
By Laurie Lee 10th Apr 2018
On Friday, CARE International UK submitted a response to UK Parliament’s International Development Committee’s Inquiry into sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector.
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Crowds at #March4Women 2018, CARE International UK's annual International Women's Day event to campaign for gender equality
CARE/Guy Bell
Four things the International Labour Conference must do on the global convention on GBV
By Gerry Boyle 29th Mar 2018
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has recently published its ‘Yellow Report’ on the input from states, employers, unions and civil society to the proposed new Convention on ending violence and harassment in the world of work. The Yellow Report’s wide-ranging…
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A female construction worker on a building site in Cambodia
In June 2017 the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, announced that “the UN has to change” and shift to a new way of working. Amongst other action points, and building upon commitments made at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit,…
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Bridging the humanitarian/development divide: South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
Celebrating 1918 – #StillMarching in 2018: International Women’s Day Keynote Speech at the Commonwealth Secretariat
By Helen Pankhurst 16th Mar 2018
The International Women’s Day Keynote Speech delivered by Helen Pankhurst at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London on 8 March 2018.
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Helen Pankhurst delivering the International Women’s Day Keynote Speech at the Commonwealth Secretariat
The DDD agenda: questions from a development practitioner from the South
By Gilbert Muyumbu 15th Mar 2018
The Doing Development Differently (DDD) agenda promises a number of changes in the development business. It has a manifesto that advises development practitioners to start with problems, not ready-made solutions; understand and engage with the local politics; support locally-led reform;…
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A teenage girl at a community gathering in a village near Hardoi, India
We need structural reform to end sexual harassment and violence against women
By Tam O'Neil 02nd Mar 2018
#MeToo began with the bravery of individual women not willing to be silenced about their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse. Their voices have become a global movement exposing the systemic nature of sexism and male entitlement in all industries…
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People marching at the #March4Women event in London for International Women's Day 2017
