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As UN chief visits Beira, aid agencies call for urgent action to curtail looming food crisis in Mozambique
Four months after two deadly cyclones swept through northern Mozambique, the food security situation is increasingly worsening. At least 433,000 families have had their farming land destroyed, robbing them of their main source of food and an income.
Read moreAfter UN climate talks, government leaders must move from talk to emergency action
Today marks the closing of the United Nations Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany. As the most vulnerable continue to suffer from the climate emergency’s impacts, such as ongoing heat waves in Europe and record-breaking cyclones in Africa and Asia, government officials leave Bonn with moderate progress in negotiation on various ...
Read moreEbola Kills Over 1,500 in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has now killed more than 1,500 people and infected over 2,200 since its onset last August. Lack of security in the locations where the virus has spread, which are also some of the country’s most densely populated areas, as well ...
Read moreA win for women worldwide: Historic global treaty to end violence and harassment at work agreed today
Two years after launching its #March4Women global campaign, CARE International applauds governments, employers, and workers for today agreeing a new International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on ending violence and harassment in the world of work.
Read moreWorld Refugee Day: The world's poorest countries shoulder the burden of the global refugee crisis
he world's poorest countries continue to shoulder the burden of the global refugee crisis, international aid agency CARE International has warned today.
Read moreMozambique cyclone appeal allots less than 1% to needs of women and girls
Ahead of this this week’s donor conference in the cyclone-ravaged city of Beira, Oxfam, Save the Children and CARE are calling on donors to meet or exceed a proposed $5 million target for gender programming to support women and girls in reestablishing their lives.
Read moreViolence and Destruction Leaves Two CARE-Supported Healthcare Facilities Out of Service in Syria’s Northwest
The spike in violence in northwest Syria has forced CARE International to suspend some of its aid provision, including at healthcare facilities and community centers for women and girls.
Read moreCyclone Idai Faded from News Headlines, But Its Larger Impact is Yet to Be Felt.
en weeks after Cyclone Idai struck southern African nations, communities in central Mozambique are still struggling to rebuild their lives. After entire villages were destroyed, many Mozambicans are still living in tents in displacement camps, or in improvised sheds that are not suitable for living.
Read moreLess than 1 % of humanitarian aid spent on protecting women from violence in crisis, CARE warns Oslo conference
CARE International will this morning (23 May 2019) challenge global leaders to commit long-term, predictable funding mechanisms for the protection of women from gender-based violence abuse during crises and conflicts.
Read more”Terrifying storm of bombs” in Yemen capital kills sleeping family
Hours after the UN Security Council heralded the success of the handover of Hodeidah port as a vital step in the peace process, intensive airstrikes launched on Sana’a this morning have shattered any glimmer of hope for peace in the near future
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