Unleashing the Power of Women to Lift Up Entire Communities

Around the world, women play a central role in earning family income, caring for the family’s health and raising children. Women have the power to help entire families and communities lift themselves out of poverty. However, women often face discrimination and violence – and lack the information and resources they need to fulfill their potential. CARE’s new policy agenda begins with a strategic focus on addressing women’s most critical needs: health, education, economic opportunity and personal safety. Our solutions aim to unleash the potential of women and address the root causes of poverty for all.

Resources:

Mothers Matter: Improving maternal health and saving mothers’ lives

• Mothers Matter: Healthy Mothers, Healthy Societies
• Congressional Testimony of Helene Gayle on Child Survival
• Congressional Testimony of Helene Gayle on Maternal and Child Health
• CARE Field Report: The Future of PEPFAR: Comprehensive Approaches, Sustainable Results
• Congressional Testimony of Helene Gayle on PEPFAR Reauthorization
• Congressional Testimony of Helene Gayle on PEPFAR
• Maximizing HIV Prevention: Building the Case for Social and Economic Vaccines

• Unleashing the Power Within: Educated Girls Will Lead
• NGO Letter of Support for the Education for All Act
• The Power of a Basic Education

• Access Africa: Equal Access to Financial Services

• Putting an End to Gender-Based Violence
• Congressional Testimony on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Congressional Testimony on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
• NGO Call to Action on Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

CARE USA’s Policy Goals

• End the food crisis with a new hunger-fighting strategy – and modernize foreign aid to get better results


• Reduce the impact of global climate change on people who live in the world’s