Equality

10 crises to look out for in 2025

By CARE Staff • January 23, 2025

Every year, natural disasters and conflicts dominate the headlines around the world, but many equally devastating crises unfold in silence. For the ninth consecutive year, CARE’s reporting brings ten of the world’s most underreported crises into focus.

‘Our whole day is spent in hunger’: How community kitchens in Afghanistan work to feed families in need

By Anisa Husain, translations by Arezo Nabizada • April 4, 2024

For the hungry people in the Tawhid Abad village, CARE has been a lifeline, providing families with one of the greatest gifts: daily meals provided to them at no cost.

Fighting for girls’ rights in Afghanistan

By Anisa Husain, translations by Arezo Nabizada • January 13, 2024

In Afghanistan, CARE's Accelerated Learning Program offers a lifeline to girls, empowering them through education. Despite challenges, this program symbolizes hope, nurturing dreams, and challenging educational barriers for girls.

The most popular CARE News stories of 2023

By CARE Staff • December 29, 2023

Below are the stories from 2023 you liked the most. They were created by CARE’s worldwide network of local writers, photographers, and filmmakers, and they helped reflect a slice of our global work.

CARE US on International Day of Human Solidarity: Violence Against Women & Girls Demands Accountability

December 19, 2023

Today on International Day of Human Solidarity, CARE stands with women and girls everywhere and condemns all acts of violence against women and girls in the strongest terms, including sexual violence and rape.

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Want to boost the global economy by $10 trillion? Invest in women.

By Rathi Mani-Kandt • November 21, 2023

CARE and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth show how boosting in the economic power of women like Fariha is a smart investment.

Afghanistan: What life is like for the women of Ghazni

By Anisa Husain • October 31, 2023

At CARE Ghazni’s Womens Friendly Health space, women and girls receive psychosocial support, prenatal educational courses with midwives, and they learn the trade of tailoring. Out of all these services, perhaps one of the most valuable things these women receive is the support of their fellow community members.

#TakeTheMic: How the next generation of girls are speaking up to end child marriage in Mali

By Jocelyn Pederick and CARE Staff • October 5, 2023

For International Day of the Girl on October 11, 2023, CARE is launching #TakeTheMic to amplify girls' voices globally. In Mali, a young activist name Bintou has resisted forced marriage and became a vocal community leader. By challenging social norms, she secured community agreements against further child marriages.

CARE celebrates International Coffee Day

By CARE Staff • September 29, 2023

With roughly three billion cups enjoyed around the world every day, coffee is the planet’s second-most popular beverage – behind only water. Coffee farming forms an important part of the economy in many of the countries where CARE works, where women compose some 70 percent of the workforce and operate between 20 and 30 percent of the farms.

Honduras: fishing for a brighter future, overcoming adversity along the way

By Reid Davis • March 1, 2023

“Doors are closed to us. We are seen as weak. We are seen as incapable. Society itself has taken care of giving women that reputation, but I think that this should be left in the past, because women have a lot of strength spiritually.”

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