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Venezuela Humanitarian Crisis

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In Northern Colombia, Women and Girls Endure Astonishing Violence and Need Immediate Protection and Cash Assistance

By Cassondra Puls, Women’s Refugee Commission, and Catalina Vargas, CARE Colombia · October 25, 2021

At Colombia’s border with Venezuela, women and girls face daily risks to their health and lives to survive and provide for themselves and their families. In September 2021, CARE Colombia field staff spoke to more than 80 women in Ocaña, Norte de Santander, Colombia, about their lives and exposure to violence. Women described deprivations and violations, including high levels of gender-based violence (GBV), with few services or aid to turn to.

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Venezuelan Migrants at High Risk for Trafficking and Abuse

June 19, 2019

LA GUAJIRA, COLOMBIA (June 19, 2019) — Abuse and exploitation of women migrating from Venezuela has reached alarming levels, the leading humanitarian organization CARE has found in a snapshot gender analysis at the Venezuela-Colombia border released today. The analysis – performed at two checkpoints along the border – found troubling indications of sexual violence perpetrated against women and girls at informal border crossings. 

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Venezuela’s Power Outage: Blackout leads to increased vulnerability of women and girls

March 13, 2019

Responding to the ongoing power outages in Venezuela, CARE International experts have warned that the situation is exacerbating an already catastrophic humanitarian situation. Catalina Vargas, the Humanitarian Regional Coordinator for Latin America, said:  “We are aware that things have pretty much ground to a halt because of the power outages and the lack of water – both

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CARE: Humanitarian Assistance in Venezuela Should Not be Used as a Political Tool

February 26, 2019

ATLANTA—CARE President and CEO, Michelle Nunn, issued the following statement on the escalating humanitarian crisis in Venezuela:"Following recent events on the Venezuela-Colombia border, CARE calls on all actors to decouple humanitarian assistance from political objectives – the suffering of people in need should not be politicized, and the provision of humanitarian aid should not be leveraged as a political tool. We

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