Development Blog
Where does the real power lie in Global Britain? Is it with the men?
By Katherine Nightingale 24th Sep 2020
The UK’s integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy should be a real opportunity to reframe our country’s external engagement with the world in light of where we are in 2020. But as the UK government chooses a…
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Women with sign at March4Women 2020
Growing up in Uganda I saw directly the effects of climate change. Temperatures have risen and extreme weather events such as heatwaves, floods and droughts have increased in intensity and frequency.
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Hilda Nakabuye speaking at the #March4Women rally in London on International Women’s Day 2020
“The course of life changed overnight,” says Carrine Annette Bidzogo, from Cameroon. Carinne is one of more than 6,000 women who share their voices in CARE’s new report She Told Us So: Filling the Data Gap to Build Back Equal.…
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Farida Dagnogo in Côte d’Ivoire is struggling to maintain her restaurant business during the pandemic
September 11th marks six months since the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic. It’s hard to believe both how long this has continued and that we have only been operating in pandemic mode for six months. Some days it’s…
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Danica Casimir washes her hands during hygiene kit distribution in Haiti.
As children across Europe head back to school, we look to their counterparts across the world. How are children in countries like Madagascar, Afghanistan and Haiti returning to school?
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Children at a school in Haiti eat meals provided by the canteen project.
Why humanitarian action must promote healthier homes for all
By Emma Weinstein-Sheffield 19th Aug 2020
Co-authored by Emma Weinstein-Sheffield and Sue Webb World Humanitarian Day on 19th August reminds us that “in 2020, nearly 168 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection. This represents 1 in about 45 people in the world, and is…
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Shangurai, a CARE-trained toilet builder in Chivi District, rural Zimbabwe
