Agricultural collectives are one of the most important platforms across the globe for small-scale farmers and their households and communities to democratically organize around common goals for prosperity and well-being. To support CARE’s commitment to fulfilling the rights to food, water and nutrition security for women and youth small-scale producers and their families, CARE and partners implement programmes that support competitiveness, gender equal change, and social solidarity of farmers by establishing and strengthening business-oriented farmer collectives, often with the integration of approaches for gender justice. Drawing on programmatic learnings, in addition to the lived experiences of members throughout the world, CARE believes that collectives play a significant role in building social cohesion and strengthening individual and collective agency; advancing access to and control over resources; re-envisioning harmful and discriminatory gender norms; engaging governance structures to change laws; advocating for policy and practices that uphold women’s economic, social and political rights; and, driving socioeconomic development by providing structures for actors to collectively advance their common interests.
Humanitarian crises are challenges affecting millions of people. They are diverse and global – be they natural disasters, famine crises, conflicts or wars. However, the attention of the global public is usually focused on a few, particularly prominent crises. With this Crisis Report, which is being published for the ninth year in a row, CARE puts ten underreported crises and the people affected into focus. Read More
Over the past few months, the gender justice team has been conducting desk reviews and consultations to understand the current knowledge and magnitude of technology facilitated gender-based violence. This document is developed from publications by UNFPA; UN women; center for information resilience and from research and articles presented during the SVRI forum 2024 and other similar learning events. Read More
The Martawa Zuromaye project in northeast Nigeria supports the enhancement of survivor-centered efforts to prevent, mitigate, and respond to all forms of gender-based violence (GBV), early and forced marriage (EFM) and female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C). After two years of implementation, the project team and partners met in Nigeria to take stock of the project implementation thus far, re-energized efforts towards achieving the goals, and strategized for more effective implementation in the years ahead. Read More