Gender equality is CARE’s central organising principle. We cannot achieve women’s economic justice, climate justice, health equity, the right to food, water, and nutrition, or equal access to humanitarian assistance without addressing gender inequality.
Gender remains one of the most fundamental sources of inequality in the world today. Across nearly every country, women earn a fraction of men’s incomes, and trans/non-binary people are disproportionately impacted by poverty and denial of fundamental rights.
Globally, around one in three women has experienced physical and/or sexual violence, most often at the hands of an intimate partner. Gender-based discrimination fuels food insecurity, safety risks, and exclusion from life-saving services and opportunities. More than 60% of the world’s hungry are women and girls, but women and girls disproportionately bear the burden of meeting their families’ food and care needs.
As well as underpinning everything that we do, CARE’s gender equality work focuses on improving the rights of women, girls, and marginalised groups in three key areas:
Latest gender equality news and stories
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Standing up for the rights of mothers in Ethiopia: ‘We finally have a voice’
Since the outbreak of conflict, the maternal mortality rate in Northern Ethiopia has increased fivefold. Kahsa is supporting women in her community to access healthcare services and stand up for their rights.
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Meet a ‘womanitarian’: Yulia - "May love, tolerance, and understanding unite our world"
Yulia, a humanitarian worker from Ukraine, shares the deep impact the escalation of the conflict has had on her organisation's work and how they plan to continue supporting women in a context of growing needs.
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Meet a ‘womanitarian’: Abeba - "Stand on the side of Tigrayan women"
In her work at the Women’s Association of Tigray (WAT), Abeba Hailesilassie helps to support survivors of gender-based violence and promotes women’s leadership in decision-making.
