Development Blog
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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Mary, a CARE midwife, talks to refugees from South Sudan at Imvepi settlement, Uganda
Why do internal evaluations matter? – what we learned from CARE’s evaluation of an emergency cash-first response in Zimbabwe
By Nicola Giordano 16th Jun 2017
CARE and other INGOs are increasingly exploring cash transfer modalities both for emergency response and other multi-component interventions. Yet public and political pressures to demonstrate results are also increasing – and are leading implementing agencies to set up comprehensive monitoring…
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A participant in the cash transfer programme in Masvingo district, Zimbabwe
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4 lessons for adapting evidence-based programmes: An example from a social norm change project in Rwanda
By Sonia Martins 08th Jun 2017
Preventing intimate partner violence (IPV) won’t happen overnight. It requires a lengthy process of social change, and achieving that requires both time and funding investment.
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Ntibimenya Hassan and Mukakimonyo Hassina have taken part in the Journeys of Transformation programme in Rwanda
5 Minutes of Inspiration: How does introducing yourself build resilience to climate change?
By Emily Janoch 02nd Jun 2017
Women in Nepal think that the ability to stand up in meetings is their biggest resilience success. Find out why.
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Pragatiseel CLAC women standing in front of hand pump constructed by saving lunch allowance provided to them during CLAC classes ran by the Hariyo Ban Program, CARE Nepal
