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Mozambique: How two activists overcome lockdown to support GBV survivors
Mozambique: How two activists overcome lockdown to support GBV survivors
Read moreJordan: Syrian advocate uses animation to raise awareness on early marriage and gender-based violence
Nabila, a 24-year-old Syrian refugee, has been living in Amman with her family of six after fleeing Damascus in 2012. She is an active member of CARE’s Community Committees.
Read more5 Min Inspiration: How 64 countries are ending violence
“I am just praying that the medical scientist gets the vaccines because the disease has come to stay with us and some of us may not survive in our homes if this continues. Now I’m experiencing the fear of my husband and the fear of the disease at the same ...
Read moreAfghanistan: How women can and should be central to the peace process
Interview with Meena, Gender Specialist for CARE Afghanistan
Read moreUganda: GBV Survivor Abandons Cultural Perceptions and Speaks Out Against Domestic Violence
In some parts of Northern Uganda, reporting a case to the police implicating your husband is not socially acceptable thus one of the reasons why many women are undergoing gender-based violence in silence.
Read moreTurkey: A refugee, mother, wife and business woman - How Shifa followed the path of her dreams
Shifa is a 25-year-old Syrian refugee living in Turkey with her husband and ten-month-old baby girl, Jilayda. Since she was 16, she practiced hairdressing and started planning for her career when she was in Syria. But the war changed her life, like many other young Syrians.
Read more16 Days Campaign to End Gender Based Violence
This 16 Days Campaign, the impact of COVID-19 has shown alarming rates of GBV globally, demanding the need for both awareness and action to end pandemic levels of GBV.
Read moreSolving the Shadow Pandemic: 5 actions needed now to end gender-based violence
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, CARE International Secretary General, Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro outlines 5 critical steps governments and policy makers must take now to condemn gender-based violence to history.
Read moreKenya: 5 Inspiring Leaders Dismantling Patriarchy and Building Up Women and Girls
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sharp increase in gender-based violence (GBV) in many parts of the world. CARE is working with local women’s organisations in Kenya’s informal settlements to address GBV and protect survivors.
Read moreBangladesh: Meet 5 GBV activists who are volunteering and leading in their communities
Stories from Women and Girls’ Safe Space operated by CARE Bangladesh
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