Development Blog
Global value chains can be a powerful lever for empowering women, but companies must identify where women work, must develop a clear gender strategy and must articulate the business case for supporting women.
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Cocoa farmers in Cote d'Ivoire participating in the Cocoa Life partnership
“The power to decide”: How transformative gender dialogues enable women farmers in Ghana to access land
By Gianluca Nardi 30th Jun 2016
By Gianluca Nardi and Katherine Carr (CARE International UK, Programme Officer - Africa) When we arrive in Kariyata, a rural community in the Upper Eastern region of Ghana, close to Garu, most of the women in the community are waiting…
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People gathering for the gender dialogue
Refugees: A spiralling politics of fear and the imperative for compassion
By Chloe Day 22nd Jun 2016
Chloe Day, Programme Manager for CARE International’s refugee response in Turkey, explains how a language and environment of fear around the refugee crisis is undermining our humanity. When I read the news about Jo Cox last week, something inside me…
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A five-year-old Syrian refugee child at a camp in Croatia
CARE International UK's CEO Laurie Lee and Senior Policy Advisor Howard Mollett outline recommendations from CARE towards the Global Summits on Refugees launched on World Refugee Day.
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Hanaa, from Lebanon
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Tribute to Jo Cox: A passionate campaigner for justice and a better world
By Laurie Lee 17th Jun 2016
CARE staff in the UK and across the world are devastated at the news of the murder of Jo Cox (formerly Jo Leadbeater).
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Refugee crisis: Has stopping migration become the sole purpose of the EU overnight?
By Inge Brees 13th Jun 2016
According to a policy proposal released by the European Commission and European External Action Service on 7 June, the mind-blowing answer to that question is: yes. Stop migration to Europe with all possible means. Whether it is EU development cooperation…
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45-year-old Basema, pictured with her son Hussam, lives in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan with two of her sons. Her other two sons and her husband are in Germany and Turkey.
