Ending Child Early and Forced Marriage
UN Commission on the Status of Women: Ending Child, Early and Forced Marriage - What Works and How to Measure it
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UN Commission on the Status of Women: Ending Child, Early and Forced Marriage - What Works and How to Measure it
I am proud to be with our CARE International delegation together with over 9,000 participants from civil society organizations from all over the world who have gathered in New York for two weeks. We are here for the UN Commission on the Status of Women …
Every year, hundreds of women’s rights activists come to New York to lobby governments in the United Nations on gender equality during the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). This year, CARE International has partnered with UN Women and the…
Violence against women and girls is one of the worst global epidemics. Studies show that gender-based violence (GBV) accounts for as much death and ill-health in women aged 15-44 years as cancer does. It is a greater cause of ill-health than malaria and…
Amijaye Kebele, Farta Woreda, ETHIOPIA (July 23, 2013) - In a small, rural village in northern Ethiopia, Fikere and her husband Kasa would like to have three children – two boys and a girl. Late at night, after a hard day’s work on the farm,
Amijaye Kebele, Farta Woreda, ETHIOPIA (July 23, 2013) - Twelve-year-old Eleni* was so excited to be receiving new clothes from her parents that she didn’t ask why until it was too late
Over 110 states agree to tackle sexual violence in conflict – perhaps international solidarity isn’t dead after all? By Howard Mollett, Senior Policy Advisor CARE International UK, at the launch of an international declaration to end sexual violence in…
In South Sudan, a country affected by decades of conflict, keeping a fragile peace requires more than just the absence of war.
"I come from Panriang County of Unity State in South Sudan, an area that is rich of oil and where, in fact, about 50 percent of our oil reserves get explored. In 1987, when I was in my early teenage years, I joined the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/…
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