Reports & Resources

Solidarity in Saving: Women Respond Quarter 2 Briefing, November 2021

November 11, 2021

Between December 2020 and July 2021, CARE conducted interviews with saving group members as part of the Women (in VSLA) Respond sub-initiative. The sub-initiative is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and focuses on how women and girls in VSLAs in Burundi, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Uganda are affected by and responding to the pandemic. This Quarter 2 briefing includes findings from two rounds of quantitative data from Burundi, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and one round of quantitative data from Uganda and qualitative insights from women and girls in VSLAs in Burundi, Mali, and Ethiopia. The survey included 4,185 VSLA members, of which 3,266 were women and girls, and shows findings and trends overtime on how VSLA members in the targeted countries are coping and responding to the pandemic.

Ignite Market Assessment: Harmful Social Norms

November 11, 2021

Our Market Assessment highlights some of the harmful social norms experienced by women entrepreneurs.

Male Engagement Approach – An Improved Masculine Behavior for Gender Equality Norms (SPIR – CARE Ethiopia)

By CARE Ethiopia · November 11, 2021

Tipping Point Facilitator’s Manual for Girls’ Collectives

November 2, 2021

This Facilitator’s manual for Girls’ Collectives has been designed for adolescent girls in Nepal at the time of baseline.

Fishing for Success: Diving into the Well of CARE’s Fishery and Aquaculture Work

October 29, 2021

CARE’s work in fisheries and aquaculture safeguards this ancient resource by empowering women in fisheries and aquatic food value chains; protecting marine and freshwater ecosystems through environmental, climate change and disaster risk management programs; and using fish for maternal and child nutrition. To do this, CARE works with local communities, governments and partners to protect fisheries and employs programs to reduce hunger, improve nutrition, and conserve ecosystems.

Community Score Card Project Brief

October 26, 2021

This brief provides a short overview of one of CARE’s core social accountability models, the Community Score Card, including key applications of the model across sectors.

Community Score Card Case Study: Evolution to Scale

October 22, 2021

After CARE Malawi pioneered the Community Score Card (CSC) methodology in 2002, 102 projects have used the CSC to create impact for 8.2 million people. This brief explores the CSC as a methodology that has successfully been scaled and adapted to new sectors, geographies, and crisis settings.

Community Score Card Project Brief (Long Version)

October 22, 2021

This brief provides an overview of one of CARE’s core social accountability models, the Community Score Card including the CSC process, key applications of the model across sectors, and emerging priorities.

Tipping Point Adolescent Empowerment Index

October 21, 2021

Tipping Point, in collaboration with Bangladesh’s International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b), developed and tested the Tipping Point Adolescent Empowerment Index, to strengthen and standardize the measurement of various components of adolescent empowerment in our programs.

Digital Sub-Wallets and Household Dialogues Final Report

October 13, 2021

Improving women’s equitable influence over household financial decisions increases their capacity and likelihood to save, reduces their risk of loss of income, and improves their financial stability and resilience to shocks. In particular, addressing restrictive social norms through household dialogues provide a safe space for women to equitably participate in household planning and decision-making. Women have specific challenges in financial access, financial and digital illiteracy, and lack of control over household finances. Technology access, product design and training are critical to meeting women’s needs and priorities and to facilitate their uptake of digital financial services. This final report from the Digital Sub-Wallets (DSW) teams shows how digital sub-wallets and household dialogues can be applied to combat these issues.