Challenging Gender-based Violence Worldwide: CARE's Program Evidence
Stategies, Results and Impacts of Evaluations 2011 - 2013
Stategies, Results and Impacts of Evaluations 2011 - 2013
Zambia
Country Info
CARE began operating in Zambia in 1992. Activities initially focused on emergency relief in response to the severe drought of the early 1990s and on interventions to mitigate the effects of escalating inflation and extreme poverty in urban areas.
The emphasis has since shifted to long-term, community-based development programs, working in both rural and marginal peri-urban areas. CARE Zambia’s current program portfolio is almost 100 percent development, but we have the capacity to respond to emergencies, if needed.
CARE Zambia is committed to gender equality, greater and more meaningful participation of people living with HIV and AIDS, and a pro-poor, anti-poverty stance in its interaction with communities and policy-makers alike.
The approach allows us to address both needs and rights from three perspectives:
- Improving Human Conditions
- Improving Social Positions
- Creating a Sound Enabling Environment
CARE Zambia is seeking to ensure that together with its partners, all its work contributes towards significant, transformational change for vulnerable women and girls.
Our Work in Zambia
Child Poverty
Half of all children live in poverty, spending their formative years struggling to survive.
Market Access
More inclusive markets and access can help poor people improve their lives.
Microfinance
There’s a “savings revolution” taking place in many developing countries.
Youth Empowerment
Addressing the needs of the 1.8 billion young people in the world is critical to ending poverty.
Girls' Education
The majority of the 57 million children out of school are girls — their future is at risk.
HIV & AIDS
Poverty is both a cause and consequence of HIV and AIDS.
Child Survival
This year, more than 7 million children will die before their 5th birthday.
Clean Water
Access to clean water and decent toilets saves lives and helps families and communities prosper.
Poverty & Social Justice
Everyone in the world has the right to a life free from poverty, violence and discrimination.
Climate Change
Climate change threatens the very survival of people living in poverty all over the world.
Child Nutrition
Malnutrition affects 200 million children and the consequences can last a lifetime.
Child Marriage
Child marriage is a gross human rights violation that puts young girls at great risk.
Violence Against Women
Gender-based violence is one of the most pervasive and yet least-recognized human rights abuses.
Why Women & Girls?
Why does CARE fight global poverty by focusing on women and girls? Because we have to.
Our Vision
We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security.
Resources
This project was designed to help lessen the impact of HIV/AIDS on orphans and vulnerable children throughout Zambia.
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is at epidemic proportions in countries around the world.
CARE Enterprises creates lasting market-based solutions to poverty.
From micro‐finance programs to innovative last‐mile distribution projects, CARE has learned over the years how to harness the power of...
Lessons From CARE Zambia
CARE is using a market based approach to provide farmers with access to a range of high quality, affordable agricultural inputs and...
The importance of expanding access to financial services for the world’s poorest people is increasingly recognized.
Currently, CARE is implementing over 74 economic development programs in 66 countries.
CARE’s programs in Economic Development work to improve the economic security and income opportunities of the poor.
Empowering women to ensure family planning coverage, quality and equity
CARE's 2013 HIV and AIDS Capacity Statement
CARE Zambia: Strengthening Community Partnerships for the Empowerment of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (SCOPE)
This project was designed to help lessen the impact of HIV/AIDS on orphans and vulnerable children throughout Zambia.
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CARE 2012 Annual Report Facts & Figures
CARE Knows How to Make Pedal-powered Profitable Partnerships
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Undeveloped transportation infrastructure in Zambia is a major constraint to improved productivity for the estimated 800,000 smallholder farmers living in remote, rural areas of the country.
Without transportation, these farmers either have to pay inflated prices for local goods, or travel up to 120km to access affordable seeds, fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides and other farming essentials.
Bringing an End to Gender-Based Violence
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is at epidemic proportions in countries around the world. It is estimated that at least one out of three women globally will be beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime.
Child Marriage: Questions and Answers
Program Brief | CARE’s Commitment to Ending Gender-Based Violence
These Are Our Sisters
Gender-based violence is one of the most widespread – but least recognized – human rights abuses in the world. Globally, one out of three women will be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime. This violence is happening to our sisters, mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters around the world.
This violence leaves survivors with long-term psychological and physical trauma; tears away at the social fabric of communities; and is used with terrifying effect in conflict settings, with women as the main target.
CARE Enterprises: Sustainable Solutions to Poverty
CARE Enterprises creates lasting market-based solutions to poverty. By focusing on self-sustaining business models with high social and economic impact, CARE Enterprises’ ventures can become important agents of change in communities with underdeveloped markets.