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The new CARE study indicates that gender inequality makes it more difficult to access food in an already challenging context that includes drought and a severe economic and liquidity crisis.

CARE had previously suspended operations in response to the December 24th, 2022, decision by the de facto authorities to ban all women from working for NGOs operating in Afghanistan

Seven women from countries including Ukraine, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have written to G7 leaders to offer a first-hand perspective on how the world’s most pressing crises are affecting women and girls globally.

CARE Afghanistan deployed 3 mobile health teams immediately following the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that is estimated to have killed nearly 1,000 people, left thousands more injured and destroyed homes and livelihoods

In January 2022, the United Nations issued its biggest Humanitarian Appeal to date, for USD $4.44 billion, to address Afghanistan’s deep economic and humanitarian crisis, through the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan.

Around 80 to 100 patients attend a weekly mobile health clinic in this remote village, most of whom would otherwise not be able to access the medical care they need.

Despite previous announcements that all schools for boys and girls would reopen on 23 March 2022, girls above grade 6 were sent home this morning, so the ban from school continues for them.

As millions more in Afghanistan plunge into extreme financial distress due to mass unemployment and soaring prices, CARE is providing quick, flexible cash assistance as a lifeline to some of the most vulnerable.

“What’s it like in Afghanistan for millions of people right now? This is what it’s like. They go to bed hungry. They wake up hungry. Everyone in the house wakes up hungry."