CARE’s approach
Equality for all: Thoughts from CARE’s gender advisor
As CARE Canada’s senior gender advisor, I have a keen interest in ending inequality. Throughout my career, I have listened to and focused on working together with women around the world to amplify their voices and ensure they have a seat at the table.
Read MoreSafety all around: How we ensure staff stay safe in an emergency
Our Safety and Security lead, Melanie Murphy, highlights some of the biggest risks when responding to an emergency and why it is important that CARE puts women and girls at the centre of our work.
Read MoreStories on the impact of development work
ShareTweetShare+1Email Stories on the impact of development work Feb 5, 2019 To celebrate International Development Week we asked our staff how development work has impacted the people we work with and how it has impacted them. We share some of their stories below. “When I was last in Tanzania, I was left inspired by how…
Read MoreSo you want to work in international development?
ShareTweetShare+1Email So you want to work in international development? Feb 5, 2019 Written by Darcy Knoll, communications specialist with CARE Canada Five years ago. It’s the end of a long day in the Philippines, visiting villages impacted by typhoon Haiyan, which devastated parts of the country. This would be my first time abroad with CARE.…
Read MoreThe people who make the difference: Putting faces to change in the West Bank
Have you ever met someone for the first time and felt like you’ve known them for years? Have you experienced an immediate kinship, a common way of speaking about things and a natural openness? I felt that way when I met CARE’s West Bank and Gaza (WBG) staff this past fall at their office in…
Read MoreHungry for change: Women entrepreneurs in the West Bank
Walking up the steps to a small concrete building nestled amidst oak and cypress trees, it’s hard to believe that this is the site of such a big and important operation. A childcare centre next door fills the air with children’s laughter and I find myself breaking into a smile. We’re in Al Shyoukh, Hebron, in the West Bank…
Read MoreEnding inequality in the West Bank
By Kasia Souchen, CARE Canada’s Marketing Outreach Manager This was the third street we had turned down to try to find a route to get us back to Ramallah, West Bank. There was tear gas used on some of the routes so it wasn’t safe to go down certain roads. With no satellite phone connection…
Read MoreOne 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 six months to forge agreement with trade unions and adopt a strong International Labour…
Read MoreChildren’s festival brings together Syrian and Turkish families
More than 1,000 children and parents from Syria and Turkey came together recently to interact and play at the first Kilis Children’s Festival, organized by CARE and the Kilis municipality at the Southern Turkish town’s football stadium. Pinar Cetinkaya, CARE Turkey’s Protection Manager, explained: “We are very happy to work alongside the municipality in Kilis.…
Read MorePhoto story, Cambodia: Putting health first at work
Maly works as a line leader at a busy garment factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She is 8 months pregnant with her second child, and as you can imagine, sometimes her job can be very tiring and demanding. But there are perks of working at her company, and she has joined CARE’s contraceptive training program…
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