- Crisis Response
Beyond financial inclusion: What drives financial health for women entrepreneurs?
Women entrepreneurs in emerging markets face considerable barriers that hinder their long-term success. CARE’s latest Strive Women report highlights that access to finance during a crisis, digital tools, and support networks are crucial factors for woman entrepreneurs' business growth.
Read MoreSomalia: Hunger soars and funding falls
Amid one of the worst hunger crises globally, Somalia’s humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate as funding decreases. With 4.6 million people forecasted to face severe levels of hunger by June, the number of severely malnourished children under five has jumped to 1.8 million from 1.7 million since the beginning of the year.
Read MoreGaza blockade: More than two months without lifesaving supplies, stocks near depletion
It has been more than two months since the Israeli government closed off all of Gaza’s border crossings, blocking the entry of lifesaving aid supplies and commercial goods. Stocks of food are running out, causing the prices of goods to increase by at least 400 percent and further deepening the humanitarian crisis and starvation across Gaza.
Read MoreDemocratic Republic of Congo: CARE Chief Humanitarian Officer on humanitarian crisis and peace efforts
Millions have been displaced by decades of long simmering conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Countless families have been torn apart, and too many lives have been uprooted.
Read MoreOne month after earthquake, Myanmar’s most vulnerable struggle to recover as monsoon season approaches
One month after a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, the humanitarian needs remain unmet, and women and girls remain among those most at risk. Nearly 3,700 people have died, 4,800 are injured, and hundreds are still missing.
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CARE-supported water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities at shelter centers in Gaza destroyed by Israeli airstrikes
Humanitarian aid assets funded by the EU that helped restore access to water, sanitation and hygiene to thousands of displaced people who lost their homes and are sheltering at schools across Gaza have either been damaged or destroyed by Israeli airstrikes over the past two weeks.
Read MoreTwo years on: Sudan’s conflict continues to devastate women and girls amidst severe underfunding
Two years since the eruption of conflict in Sudan in April 2023, the nation faces an unprecedented humanitarian and protection crisis, with women and girls bearing the brunt of its impacts. The situation in Sudan is a historic catastrophe.
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