Education and Skills
Mastercard and CARE Partner to Launch Strive Women
At the APEC CEO Summit today, Mastercard’s Center for Inclusive Growth (the Center) and CARE, an international humanitarian organization, announced the launch of Mastercard Strive Women — a new program that aims to strengthen the financial health and resilience of small businesses in the APEC economies of Peru and Vietnam, as well as in Pakistan, with a focus on small businesses led by women.
Read MoreWorld Economic Forum: CARE’s Mark Muckerheide shares how “The finance gap for women entrepreneurs is $1.7 trillion. Here’s how to close it”
CARE Women’s Economic Justice Associate Vice President, Mark Muckerheide, sits down with World Economic forum to discuss the staggering finance gap for women entrepreneurs.
Read MoreDelegation of Four Congress Members Visit Nepal with CARE Learning Tours to Learn About the Root Causes of Human Trafficking and Forced-, Bonded- and Child-Labor
From August 27th – 31st, a delegation of four U.S. Congressional Representatives traveled to Nepal with CARE to lean how foreign investments are addressing the root causes of human trafficking and forced-, bonded-, and child-labor.
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Worsening Drought in Kenya Leads to Increase in School Dropouts
The severe and worsening drought in Kenya has impacted school retention as pupils are forced to drop out of school to support their parents in the search for food, pasture, and water. The findings are part of a recent survey carried out by CARE Kenya in Kajiado Central Sub-County.
Read MoreThe Future of Work is Sexist: COVID-19’s impact on the lives of women and girls has rolled back progress
It is being called the 4th Industrial Revolution spurred by COVID19. A revolutionization and modernization of the workforce. But unlike previous revolutions this one is leaving women behind according to a new report released today titled The Future of Work is Sexist.
Read MoreUkraine Conflict Affects Emergency Response and Job Markets in Southern Africa
As the conflict in Ukraine continues, the shock waves are being felt all the way in Southern Africa which is still reeling from one of the worst cyclone seasons. From a shortage of relief supplies to hiked fuel costs, communities that were slowly recovering from the loss of livelihoods and floods now face another challenge as the cost of living increases.
Read MoreDespite announcements, schools remain closed for high school girls in Afghanistan
Despite previous announcements that all schools for boys and girls would reopen on 23 March 2022, girls above grade 6 were sent home this morning, so the ban from school continues for them. Most schools closed after August 2021, and gradually reopened for boys in all grades, for girls up to grade 6, and for university students. But girls above grade 6 have been at home for nearly 8 months.
Read MoreCARE, The Starbucks Foundation, and Cargill Announce Effort to Support Women’s Economic Empowerment in Côte d’Ivoire’s Cocoa Growing Communities
CARE, in collaboration with The Starbucks Foundation and Cargill, is launching a new effort that will help transform cocoa growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire and builds on decades of CARE’s experience in developing Village Saving and Loans Associations (VSLAs).
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