Humanitarian Action - Overview

Integrating resilience in humanitarian action

The frequency and intensity of disasters and numbers of people worldwide affected by them continue to grow. CARE’s humanitarian mandate requires us to respond quickly to save lives in such…

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An uncertain future for Syria’s refugees

Hundreds of thousands of refugees are at risk of being pushed to return to Syria in 2018, despite ongoing violence, bombing and shelling that are endangering the lives of civilians,…

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Women and girls in emergencies

In times of crisis, when familial and community structures and institutions are disrupted or destroyed, gender norms may be impacted and gender inequality increased. The report Women and Girls in…

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Supporting the future of Syria and the region

As the Syrian crisis enters its eighth year, the lives of many of the five million refugees in neighbouring countries have seen little improvement, and the number of refugees offered…

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Gender and the Grand Bargain

Ambitious plans to reform the humanitarian sector are still failing to reach grassroots women’s rights organisations or be felt by women affected by crises. For individual aid agencies and the…

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Participation & leadership of women responders

Recent years have seen increasing discourse on how the aid community can transform the humanitarian system and shift towards humanitarian responses that are driven by local actors. In parallel, rather…

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10 most under-reported humanitarian crises

If you don’t post it, did it really happen? In the age of social media and 24-hour news cycles, this question has become a mantra for many. What we read,…

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The need for humanitarian innovation

On the picture below you see a community worker using a mobile phone to inform a mother on how to monitor her child’s health progress and immunization. This innovation promotes…

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Supporting local leadership in Sulawesi

The Central Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami response has been a highly visible test case of how the global community is tracking against World Humanitarian Summit commitments to truly respect, empower…

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Durable solutions in South Sudan

This report seeks to bring the perceptions and experiences of displaced and returned South Sudanese women to the forefront of conversations around durable solutions, and further convey the complexities of…

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