Women’s contributions save lives and increase equality. When women’s voices are not heard, women’s rights and needs are often not adequately met, and emergency response can reinforce inequality. Women’s equal voice, leadership, and participation challenges and changes the root causes of poverty.
Women's Leadership in Emergencies

Crisis
Supporting women’s leadership and collective action during emergencies.
CARE engaged 8.2 million people in 2019 to make improvements in their economic status
CARE supported the ratification of ILO Convention 189 to protect domestic workers' rights
Highlighted Women's Leadership in Emergencies Programs
Women on the Move
Women on the Move aims to economically and socially empower 8 million women and girls through the power of savings groups.
Read MoreTipping Point
The Tipping Point initiative identifies the root causes of child, early, and forced marriage and facilitates innovative strategies to create alternative paths for adolescent girls.
Read MoreHelp CARE respond to emergencies.
CARE is there delivering lifesaving aid and defending the lives of families in crisis.
Donate now