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Zambia

CARE believes equality between men and women is fundamental in achieving rights and dignity for all, including people living with HIV and their families and loved ones.

Women tend to be more vulnerable to the structural issues that increase the risk of acquiring HIV, including violence against women and girls, trans-generational sex, educational and employment disparities, and commercial sex work.

Impoverished women, in particular, those living with HIV, face many barriers to accessing education and employment. Furthermore, ingrained discrimination means they often lack the same level of access to livelihood opportunities and community participation enjoyed by their peers.

CARE is committed to supporting the empowerment of women and girls in poverty and addressing the underlying discrimination against women and girls where they live, work, and raise families.

Fast Facts

Population: 14.6 million
Life expectancy: 51.83 years
Maternal mortality: 280 per 100,000 live births
HIV prevalence: 0.02%
Adult literacy rate: 12.5%
Access to improved drinking water: 84.8% (urban), 49.2% (rural) Source: CIA World Factbook

CARE in Zambia

CARE’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) programs are working to diminish harmful norms that fuel and sustain acts of VAWG.

To do this, CARE’s projects are improving awareness, understanding, and discussions of issues of power dynamics, human rights, violence, inequalities faced by women and girls and related themes.

CARE facilitates safe and structured spaces for communities in Zambia to openly debate social norms associated with women and girls, and begin to renegotiate more equitable relationships. We also work with communities to build community-based protection structures including community watch groups.

CARE is currently collaborating directly with PEPFAR (a US government initiative to help those affected by HIV/AIDS) in four countries throughout Africa including Zambia.  Together we are preventing 12 million new HIV infections, providing antiretroviral treatment to over six million people and ensuring more than 12 million people receive HIV-related care, including five million orphans and vulnerable children.

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Support our ongoing work to create a more equal world.

Your donation can help end extreme poverty and give people the means to build a better future for themselves in countries like Zambia.

For those living in extreme poverty, your support brings education and training, healthcare and clean water, nutritious food, and new ways to earn an income. And in times of crisis, you help us deliver emergency relief. Please donate today.

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