Discover what CARE is doing globally to support women and girls

“Please do not forget Yemen”

Q&A with CARE Yemen Country Director Aaron Brent As of today, there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Yemen. Five years of war has made the country one of the most isolated places in the world. Sana’a International Airport has been closed for nearly four years – with only humanitarian flights allowed in. Now, […]

“We worry a lot about this disease.”

29-year-old Rosaline is a nurse in a CARE-supported health facility in Sierra Leone. She was a front-line worker during Ebola and is now helping her community prepare for the COVID-19 coronavirus. What is the situation like in Sierra Leone right now? The situation is not easy. People worry a lot. We, the nurses, are putting […]

The racecar driver leaving stereotypes in the dust

“The gas pedal makes me feel free.” Car racing may be a male-dominated sport, but women like Marah are leaving stereotypes in the dust. Car racing may be a male-dominated sport, but women like Marah, 28, are changing that. At improvised racetracks around the West Bank, she is breaking records and stereotypes. Marah, along with […]

The female car mechanic defying the odds in a male-dominated field

A rare female mechanic in Bangladesh, Rabeya is excelling in a field dominated by men and using her earnings to pull her family out of poverty. Rabeya is wearing navy scrubs spotted with grease stains. She rolls up her sleeves and steps on a stool, popping open the bonnet of a truck. She checks the […]

Rebuilding after losing everything in Typhoon Haiyan

Rosemarie had to rebuild her life after a typhoon destroyed her home in the Philippines. Today, her farm is doing better than ever, allowing her to send her kids to college. When Rosemarie recalls surviving 2013’s Typhoon Haiyan – one of the most difficult experiences of her life – the emotions are still raw. “I […]

Fighting her way to financial independence

Complete dependence on her husband strained Brigitte’s marriage and limited her freedom. Now she runs a business her whole family can be proud of. Brigitte, a 43-year-old mother of four, grew up on a small farm much like the one she lives on now in a sleepy hillside village in Rwanda. Brigitte and her husband […]

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