CARE / UN Women: Being amongst the most affected by the earthquake, women’s and girls’ meaningful participation and leadership are crucial to an effective and successful humanitarian response

September 13, 2021
Pamphile Fabiana, a CARE village agent who lives in the town of Latibolière, in the 4th section of Basse Guinaudé, speaks about what she and her community lost in the August 2021 7.2 magnitude earthquake that caused massive loss of life and property in southern Haiti. Fabiana (in pink shirt) is pictured w other members (names not known) of her community near a damaged school in late August 2021. "We have lost all our possessions, such as: our houses, our churches, our schools, our health centers, all our animals, some members of our families are victims, their feet are broken," She said (using Google translate).

Following the 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14, UN Women Haiti and CARE International, in partnership with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Women’s Rights, the General Directorate of Civil Protection, and the Humanitarian Country Team’s Special Gender Task Force, developed a Rapid Gender Analysis which aims to provide humanitarian actors with recommendations to address the needs of women and girls to ensure their rights and needs are at the core of recovery and reconstruction efforts.

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Afghanistan: the humanitarian needs have never been greater

August 30, 2021
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 12: Displaced Afghans from the northern provinces are evacuated from a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park to various mosques and schools on August 12, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. People displaced by the Taliban advancing are flooding into the Kabul capital to escape the Taliban takeover of their provinces. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

The people of Afghanistan continue enduring one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises, despite the media attention around the evacuation. Some 12.2 million people are facing acute hunger, 3.5 million people are displaced within the country due to drought and insecurity and the pandemic persists.

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15 Minutes on Women Leading in Emergencies

August 19, 2021
Halatu Benjamin and her women's group. All photos by CARE Uganda.

In this episode of 15 Minutes to Change the World, we’re marking World Humanitarian Day by speaking with Caroline Aol, CARE Uganda’s Interim Manager for the project where the Women Lead in Emergencies interventions are undertaken, and she is also CARE Uganda’s Women Lead in Emergencies specialist.

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Meet some of CARE’s humanitarian leaders

August 18, 2021
Rosemary Samuel is a Project Manager with CARE Nigeria.

CARE is full of incredible staff, volunteers and partners that work hand in hand with women, girls and their communities around the world to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice. Meet three of our inspiring humanitarian colleagues: Marilyn, Rosemary, and Mónica.

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