Development Blog
#MeToo one year on, and seven myths that stand in the way of ending abuse
By Laurie Lee 17th Oct 2018
This week marks the one year anniversary of #MeToo, and the subsequent #AidToo movement. This transformed the global conversation, and put this critical issue high on the public agenda. I for one hope it stays there until we as a…
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A placard at CARE’s #March4Women event on International Women’s Day 2018
Is the EU right to see the private sector as the ‘silver bullet’ to solve Europe’s migrant ‘crisis’?
By Inge Brees 12th Oct 2018
The narrative coming out of the European Union is that the private sector can provide the ‘solution’ to Europe’s concerns about migration. Is this about a more equitable partnership with African countries, or is it just self-interest and buying into…
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Refugees sheltering in a disused factory near the Serbian/Croatian border in 2017
UK aid and the role of business – will it deliver economic empowerment for women?
By Laurie Lee 12th Oct 2018
The UK government is increasingly highlighting the link between business and UK aid, and the need for aid spending to benefit the UK. For us at CARE the primary question has to be: does it economically empower poor women?
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Members of the Chadongo women's group in Malawi who have received business loans through Lendwithcare.org
Filling the health human resource gap through public-private partnership: What we know from Bangladesh
By Anne Laterra 12th Oct 2018
Today, at the 5th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Liverpool, UK, I’m presenting key learning from CARE’s highly successful and Global Good Award winning Private Community Skilled Birth Attendant (P-CSBA) programme in Bangladesh, part of CARE and GSK’s…
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Champa Rani, a Private Community Skilled Birth Attendant, provides Sharker with ante-natal care in Sunamganj
For the people we work with and for, the divisions and brick walls between humanitarian and development work do not make sense. So why does the sector keep this division as the norm, rather than the exception?
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Two members of this Faquaa (North of West Bank) women's group, which led socio-economic improvements for their community, were elected as local council representatives
5 Minute Inspiration: How vocational training helps Syrian refugees feel safer
By Emily Janoch 02nd Oct 2018
Syrian refugees in Jordan are learning new skills and building networks so they feel safer. Jordan’s urban protection response programme provided vocational training to both refugees and the Jordanian host community. 84% of participants say the project has improved their…
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Woman participating in sewing course, Jordan.
