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CARE Applauds Global Labor Agreement Aimed at Ending Violence and Harassment at Work

June 8, 2018

GENEVA (June 8, 2018) — The poverty-fighting organization CARE welcomes this week’s critical decision from the International Labour Organization (ILO) to establish the first-ever global treaty to end workplace violence and harassment. Emerging from the ILO Conference on “ending violence and harassment in the world of work,” the agreement was made in Geneva among ILO’s 187

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CARE calls on donors to increase commitment to humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo

April 11, 2018

KINSHASA (April 10, 2018) – CARE is calling on donors to significantly increase their commitment to the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ahead of this week’s pledging conference taking place in Geneva.Labelled a “silent humanitarian tsunami”, as the humanitarian situation in the DRC deteriorates dramatically, this week’s meeting will seek to raise

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CARE Welcomes Introduction of the International Violence Against Women Act

November 14, 2017

Bipartisan bill will ensure that gender-based violence is a top U.S. foreign policy priorityWASHINGTON (Nov. 14, 2017) – The global poverty-fighting organization CARE today welcomes the introduction of the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ). This bipartisan

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New report: 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2016

January 17, 2017

ATLANTA (January 17, 2017) — CARE has published a new report today highlighting ten humanitarian crises that have received the least media attention in 2016. The report “Suffering in silence: The 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2016” features the food crises in Eritrea, Madagascar, North Korea, Papua New Guinea; the conflicts in Burundi, Lake Chad Basin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan and last year’s monsoon floods in Bangladesh.

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