Press release 23rd June 2020 Open Letter to the United Nations Security Council on the Syria cross-border resolution The United Nations Security Council has until July 10 to renew the Syria cross-border resolution, which ensures lifesaving UN aid reaches over four million Syrians living in areas outside of the Government of Syria’s control. Press release Crisis Response Syria
Press release 19th June 2020 Existing funding to biggest regional refugee crises represents only 1% of global spend on weapons World Refugee 2020 sees funding for refugee response plans at an all-time low. Despite the added threat of COVID-19 across all refugee hosting countries, international financial support is significantly lower than this time last year. Press release Advocacy Crisis Response
Press release 17th June 2020 Eight international non-governmental organisations working in Yemen strongly condemn the reprehensible attack that took place yesterday in the north of Yemen, killing 13 civilians – including four children. The attack on 13 civilians happened the same day as the publication of the UN’s Children and Armed Conflict report, which saw the Saudi Arabia and UAE-led coalition removed from the report’s blacklist for the first time in three years. This is despite… Press release Crisis Response Yemen
Press release 3rd June 2020 CARE International and UN Women advocate for rapid gender analysis in crisis response to reduce inequality in LAC Women and girls across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are facing a terrifying mix of, increased domestic violence, increased care burden, lower access to income and jobs, and potential social unrest as a result of the coronavirus outbreaks finds a… Press release Economic Justice Crisis Response Food Security and Nutrition Gender Equality Honduras
Press release 3rd June 2020 Yemen receives an unsatisfactory 1.35 billion USD in pledges – water, sanitation and hygiene are the highest priorities amidst COVID-19 crisis, says CARE The high level pledging conference on Yemen has come to a close, with funding pledges for the UN’s Humanitarian Response Plan disappointingly low. As countries pledge an estimated 1.35 billion USD in funding – just over half (56 percent) of the 2.41… Press release Crisis Response Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Yemen
Press release 2nd June 2020 Over five million Yemenis at risk of losing access to food and clean water as coronavirus spreads in Yemen Survey* conducted in Yemen reveals impact of funding shortfalls as Pledging conference is held today. Recent funding gaps and other challenges in Yemen will put an additional estimated 5.5 million people in the war-torn country at risk of losing access… Press release Crisis Response Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Yemen
Press release 22nd May 2020 South Sudan NGO Forum strongly condemns killing of humanitarian workers during intercommunal violence The South Sudan NGO Forum deeply condemns the killing of three humanitarian workers and the widespread intercommunal violence that has plagued Jonglei State and other parts of the country for several months Press release Crisis Response South Sudan
Press release 20th May 2020 New CARE report: how COVID-19 is changing gender norms in West Africa Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 20 May, 2020. Women are excluded from information sharing on COVID-19 and from key high level decision making processes at national and regional level, says a new West Africa CARE gender analysis. Despite this, the analysis… Press release Economic Justice Crisis Response Gender Equality Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sierra Leone
Press release 15th May 2020 First COVID-19 case in Rohingya camp could potentially lead to an unprecedented humanitarian disaster, warns CARE The first COVID-19 case in the Rohingya camp of Cox’s Bazar could potentially lead to thousands of new infections; putting the world’s largest refugee camp on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. Press release Crisis Response Bangladesh
