Development Blog
Cash gives people dignity: What I learned at the Global Cash Forum
By Victoria Wickenden 13th Jul 2017
CARE International provides humanitarian and development assistance in 79 countries around the world. We are committed to evidence-based delivery, continuous improvement, value for money, and providing appropriate, flexible aid to communities. So cash was always going to be on the…
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CARE and Family Planning: Let’s accelerate progress and fill key gaps
By Rebecca Gibbons 06th Jul 2017
Just past the halfway point of FP2020 – and looking towards next week’s Family Planning Summit – it’s time to celebrate and showcase progress towards our 2020 commitments but also crucially reflect on what more needs to be done to…
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Monitoring and evaluation: How should we measure the relationship between cash transfers and disaster resilience?
By Nicola Giordano 03rd Jul 2017
Cash transfers have gained significant momentum over the past few years. Various studies demonstrate that cash-based responses have the potential to support longer-term gains beyond consumption. For that reason, stakeholders in the humanitarian sector are increasingly exploring new ways to…
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Why access to sexual and reproductive health in emergencies is life-saving
By Rebecca Gibbons 29th Jun 2017
On 11 July, the international Family Planning Summit will be held in London, hosted by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and UNFPA. One of the Summit’s four priority areas is on reaching…
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How to avoid toolsplaining: Thinking differently about social accountability
By Tom Aston 28th Jun 2017
On the plane to Accra just over a week ago I read Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me (the origin of the term “mansplaining”), and it struck a chord with me. A colleague from Kenya who hadn’t heard the…
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World Refugee Day: A gender perspective on the future UN Global Refugee Compact
By Howard Mollett 20th Jun 2017
Today, June 20th, is World Refugee Day. It’s a day to raise awareness about the challenges faced by refugees and to hold governments accountable for commitments they made under the UN Refugee Convention to protect and assist displaced people. But…
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