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CARE Guatemala Promotes Masculinity Over Machismo in Social Media Campaign
Every day, 187 women in Guatemala report being victims of violence, generally caused by men. To shift norms and attitudes around long-standing toxic machismo culture and widespread violence against women, CARE Guatemala, in partnership with Meta, ran a social and behavior change communication campaign in 2022.
Read MoreWhen the earthquake hit: “Everything is shaking, people are screaming. Outside it is cold and dark.”
Ayham Taha, 33, is a technical advisor for CARE Global on humanitarian food security and livelihoods and works on several projects in Türkiye and Northern Syria. He and his wife are Syrian and have been working in humanitarian aid since the conflict in Syria started. His experiences in the wake of the earthquakes of February 6 are worse than anything he has ever seen. This is how Ayham recounts th
Read MoreCARE Ecuador Addresses Violence Against Domestic Workers Through Ad Campaign
To shift norms and attitudes surrounding the widespread violence against women and girls among domestic workers, CARE Ecuador, in partnership with Meta, ran a social and behavior change communication campaign from October to November of 2022.
Read MoreTurkey and Syria: “The situation before the earthquake was dire, catastrophic – and now it is even more so”
Sherine Ibrahim and Ayham Taha have been trying to describe what life has been like in Turkey and Syria since the deadly earthquakes struck the region early Monday morning. But it's hard. “No matter how much I try to describe it,” Taha said to CNN’s Julia Chatterly, “it is still [nothing] compared to what it is on the ground.”
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“Trying to find survivors under the rubble.” The day after Turkey and Syria’s deadly earthquakes
In Gaziantep, Turkey, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck early Monday morning. On the day after the disaster, communities are trying to dig out and recover. Government officials have already declared it to be the deadliest earthquake to hit the country in two decades, with a tremor as strong as the 1939 earthquake, which killed an estimated 30,000 people.
Read More“We are all in shock”: CARE begins recovery work after deadly earthquake impacting Turkey and Syria
In Gaziantep, Turkey, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck early Monday morning. Government officials have already declared it to be the deadliest earthquake to hit the country in two decades, with a tremor as strong as the 1939 earthquake, which killed an estimated 30,000 people.
Read MoreA year of war in Ukraine: Borscht on the frontlines
Borscht is one of the most well-known Ukrainian meals – a traditional, hearty soup with multiple layers of ingredients held together by a savory beet broth. To make borsht the traditional way, it takes hours to simmer all the ingredients properly. But borscht during wartime is different.
Read MoreTalking Books Building Nutritious Future: Bangladesh
Asma is one of nearly 62,000 people who have listened to the Talking Book, an initiative of the Joint Action for Nutrition Outcome (JANO) project in Bangladesh. The Talking book is an audio device that holds a library of informational audio content in the form of songs and general messages that are useful for pregnant mothers, lactating mothers, adolescent girls and boys, and more.
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