Press release 21st February 2019 CARE Report Ranks Top 10 Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2018 “Suffering In Silence” highlights humanitarian crises that made the fewest headlines based on analysis of global media coverage., including: Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines, food insecurity in Madagascar, and conflict in Ethiopia. The food crisis in… Press release Crisis Response Switzerland
Press release 10th December 2018 Fate of humanity weighing heavy on ministerial shoulders at UN Climate Change Conference Ministers arriving in Katowice will need extreme courage and conviction to make life-saving decisions if humanity is to be saved from the worst impacts of climate change, Oxfam and CARE International said today. Press release Climate Justice Switzerland
Press release 25th November 2018 One year on from #MeToo: CARE calls “times up” on lack of global treaty to protect women at work Over this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign CARE is calling for an end to one of the most widespread forms of abuse against women – violence and harassment in the world of work. Governments and employers have 6 months to… Press release Advocacy Switzerland
Press release 13th October 2018 Women and girls are among the most impacted by extreme disasters, says CARE and UN Women Kenya The impacts of disaster and climate change discriminate: women, men, girls and boys are all affected differently. It is women and girls who are more likely to suffer due to existing inequalities, vulnerabilities and negative gender norms which lead to… Press release Climate Justice Gender Equality Switzerland
Press release 8th October 2018 Governments must heed alarm signaled by UN science panel and accelerate climate action to protect the most vulnerable This report includes an analysis of recent research on how to limit global warming to 1.5°C and adverse climate change impacts that need to be confronted. Press release Advocacy Climate Justice Switzerland
Press release 19th September 2018 Amid disastrous storms across the globe, concrete, gender-responsive solutions to climate impacts are needed by the G7 As G7 ministers prepare to discuss ridding the oceans of plastics, CARE is also calling on officials to dive deeper with climate change commitments to protect the most vulnerable, particularly women and girls. Press release Climate Justice Switzerland
Press release 14th August 2018 World Humanitarian Day: Charter for Change The signatories of the Charter for Change aid localisation movement call for obligations to be met for the protection of humanitarian actors across the globe, particularly local actors which face extreme risks in their daily delivery of humanitarian aid. Press release Crisis Response Switzerland
Press release 31st July 2018 Massive heatwaves across the globe cause millions to feel the heat of climate change The Northern Hemisphere is experiencing one of the hottest summers in recent history, while heatwaves, droughts wildfires and massive crop shortfalls are currently occurring around the globe. Impacts have been widespread as Japan, Algeria and Canada have… Press release Climate Justice Switzerland
Press release 8th June 2018 World moves a step closer to ending violence and harassment at work The global poverty-fighting organisation CARE International has welcomed the decision for a new International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on “Ending violence and harassment in the world of work” – following CARE’s #thisisnotworking campaign. Press release Advocacy Switzerland
