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 19th May 2020 CARE endorses Global Call to Action in the Garment Industry to protect workers’ income, health and employment during the COVID-19 pandemic CARE International has endorsed the COVID19 Call to Action in the Global Garment Industry, which aims to generate action by all stakeholders in the global garment industry to protect the income, health and employment of workers during the COVID19… Press release Economic Justice
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
Press release 12th May 2020 Stranded and forgotten: Bosnia’s migrants and refugees left to themselves Strict prevention measures related to Covid-19 hamper assistance to homeless migrants and refugees / CARE urgently calls for respect of humanitarian standards and EU asylum rights. Press release Crisis Response
Press release 12th May 2020 As funding dries up, millions in crises risk “being left to battle this pandemic alone” CARE welcomes the launch of the revised UN COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan’s (GHRP), including an increased target (to $6.7 billion) and emphasis on Gender Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services which are so critically… Press release Crisis Response
Press release 12th May 2020 South Sudan: Rising coronavirus cases coincide with start of lean season As South Sudan has seen a spike in the number of coronavirus cases over the past two weeks, with numbers rising to 174 as of 11th May, the population of the world’s youngest country is also facing potential risks with the upcoming lean season. Press release Crisis Response Food Security and Nutrition South Sudan
Press release 7th May 2020 18 aid agencies call on the governments in the region to allow refugees stranded in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to disembark Today, 18 humanitarian agencies are urging the countries on the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to conduct search and rescue operations to save the lives of refugees and asylum seekers stranded at sea and allow them to disembark on their shores where they… Press release Crisis Response Myanmar
Press release 30th April 2020 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… Press release Economic Justice Crisis Response Gender Equality
Press release 24th April 2020 As 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… Press release Economic Justice Crisis Response Togo
