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‘Gender is not Summit-worthy’? – Five ideas for empowering women at the World Humanitarian Summit and beyond

By 20th May 2016
Back in 2013, a senior UN policy-maker told CARE: “Gender isn’t summit-worthy.” Since then, concerted advocacy by hundreds of women and men has turned this around. CARE has played a leading role by co-convening the first global consultation with over… Read more...
Rachele Nsii, a displaced woman in the Democratic Republic of Congo Rachele Nsii, a displaced woman in the Democratic Republic of Congo

World Humanitarian Summit: Local civil society is an effective humanitarian actor

By 19th May 2016
Currently an average of only 0.2% of global humanitarian aid goes directly to local or national NGOs and civil society organisations. Multiple studies have shown that local capacity is often significantly underutilised, undervalued and overlooked by larger international organisations. Read more...
People waiting outside a mobile health clinic set up by CARE and local partner organisation Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) at a primary school in Gaza city, August 2014 People waiting outside a mobile health clinic set up by CARE and local partner organisation Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) at a primary school in Gaza city, August 2014

Are climate-related emergencies a priority for the World Humanitarian Summit?

By 18th May 2016
From afar, the southern African countries of Madagascar and Malawi will not figure in conversations about the disasters affecting the world. When I told people I was going there on an emergency response deployment they looked at me baffled and… Read more...
A woman crossing a field in Madagascar A woman crossing a field in Madagascar

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development gender equality strategy: an encouraging start, but where to next?

By 18th May 2016
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has just held its Annual Meeting in London, and I was lucky enough to participate in a panel discussion on their recently published Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality 2016-2020. A… Read more...
A woman holding a savings group book in Haiti A woman holding a savings group book in Haiti

The failure in Syria: The World Humanitarian Summit, civilian protection and humanitarian access

By 17th May 2016
One of the three key goals of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul on 23-24 May is to “reaffirm our commitment to humanity and humanitarian principles.” Sitting here in Amman, Jordan, working closely with Syrian colleagues delivering assistance inside Syria,… Read more...
A family in Dara’a governorate in southern Syria, where CARE is working with partners to deliver emergency supplies to more than 30,000 people A family in Dara’a governorate in southern Syria, where CARE is working with partners to deliver emergency supplies to more than 30,000 people

Gender in emergencies: Where does humanitarian assistance end and development begin?

By 17th May 2016
People have a certain image of what constitutes an emergency. To someone you ask in the street they would probably imagine panic, chaos and people desperately trying to save their families. And that is true but not always the case,… Read more...
Kedija Abra Umer, leader of a village savings group in East Hararghe, Ethiopia, an area which has been badly affected by drought Kedija Abra Umer, leader of a village savings group in East Hararghe, Ethiopia, an area which has been badly affected by drought

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