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New Study: COVID-19 condemns millions of women to poverty, when they could be a solution to prosperity
A new study by CARE International “COVID could condemn women to decades of poverty: Implications of COVID-19 on Women’s Economic Justice and Rights” reveals how the global pandemic is having a real and immediate economic impact on women in the developing world.
Read moreAs Coronavirus stalls flows of remittances worldwide, millions of people risk losing their lifelines, warns CARE International
Geneva, April 24, 2020. Diaspora communities around the globe are being hit hard by lockdowns, layoffs and illnesses to due to COVID-19. According to recent analysis from the World Bank, remittances to low and middle-income countries are projected to fall by 19.7 percent to $445 billion (from $554 billion in ...
Read moreMYANMAR: 16 agencies express extreme concern after the death of an aid worker transporting COVID-19 test samples
With shock and sadness 16 humanitarian organizations received the news of a fatal shooting incident involving a vehicle of the World Health Organization (WHO) carrying COVID-19 test samples in Rakhine State.
Read moreCARE International appoints Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro as new Secretary General
Today, CARE International announces that Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro will join CARE International as the new Secretary General, starting 1 June 2020.
Read moreJoint Letter to UN Security Council on Participation and Transparency
The below is a joint letter addressed to the President of the Security Council, H.E. Mr. José Singer Weisinger on the participation and transparency of the UN Security Council.
Read moreSomalia: One of the countries least prepared to cope with the Covid-19 virus
2.6 million IDPs amongst those at highest risk and more than 1.3 million children already missing out on education due to closure of schools.
Read moreCOVID-19: 50 million people threatened by hunger in West Africa
According to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the impact of the coronavirus pandemic could increase the number of people at risk of a food insecurity and malnutrition from 17 million to 50 million people between June and August 2020.
Read moreCOVID-19: Access to full mobile data and telecommunications in Myanmar and Bangladesh is essential to save lives, say 26 major aid groups
Today, 26 international humanitarian agencies are calling on the Governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh to restore full access to mobile data1 and telecommunications (including legal access to sim cards for Rohingya refugees), in Cox’s Bazar and Rakhine and Chin states to ensure that refugees, displaced populations, conflict-affected and host-communities can ...
Read moreJoint statement by 59 Nongovernmental Organizations on the announcement of a temporary ceasefire in Yemen
Over five years of brutal war in Yemen have left millions of Yemenis weakened by malnutrition and disease, and decimated Yemen’s health system. The imminent threat of COVID-19 will exacerbate an already dire humanitarian situation:
Read moreCARE releases $1 million for COVID-19 emergency programming
CARE has released US$ 1 million in flexible emergency funds to 17 high-risk countries in order to adapt and expand programming in light of COVID-19
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