Development Blog
Domestic worker rights: Why domestic workers are ignored by development experts – and what we’re doing to make them heard
By Sofia Sprechmann 29th Apr 2014
Privately, everyone working in development talks about domestic workers' rights. Publicly, no-one does. Why not?
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Machala Ecuador: domestic workers are often primary care givers to children.
© CARE/Kathryn Richards
Three findings from Lendwithcare’s partners which refute the pessimists on (indirect) peer to peer microfinance
By Nancy Thomas 14th Apr 2014
CARE's own microlending initiative, Lendwithcare.org, welcomed its Microfinance Institution partners from around the world to a workshop in London last week. The members highlighted how microcredit remains effective in fighting poverty, how peer-to-peer platforms can support this, and how social…
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Five reasons to apply for the EMPHASIS Women, Migration and Development Internship at CARE International UK
By Cristian Ghilardi 11th Apr 2014
CARE International and the Overseas Development Institute are organizing the international conference "Women, Migration and Development: Investing in the future". This event will highlight the need to acknowledge migration as a key factor for sustainable development and the need to…
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Women in Nepal
© CARE / Stephanie Roberts
Domestic worker rights: Four reasons domestic workers have struggled to get ILO Convention 189 ratified and what NGOs can do to help
By Tom Aston 07th Apr 2014
Today we launch our paper Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: civil society's experience of ratifying ILO Convention 189 in the Andes. Since 2010, we have been supporting domestic workers and their organisations in the Andean region to…
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Invisible workers
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Invitation to launch of report on domestic workers and the ratification of ILO Convention 189
By Tom Aston 03rd Apr 2014
CARE International UK invites you to the launch of our latest report on domestic workers and the ratification of ILO Convention 189. Venue: One Great George Street, Westminster SW1P 3 AADate: Tuesday 8 April, 9am-11 amRSVP: by Friday 4 April: Email This email…
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CARE International UK is a champion of using theories of change (ToCs) in peacebuilding design, monitoring and evaluation as part of a strategic approach to peacebuilding that includes using conflict analysis, linking to the work of others and working towards…
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Woman and child in Pakistan
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