Media Releases

Women in war: New CARE report reveals how women are leaders in first response and recovery during armed conflict

June 13, 2024

600 million women around the world live within 50 kilometers of a conflict zone, more than double the number it was in the 1990s. Yet our understanding of how women experience war and respond in these highly complex crises is often clouded by narratives that frame them as, at worst, invisible, or at best, victims. Women in War: Leaders, Responders, and Potential, a [...]

Humanitarian assistance following landslide disaster in PNG hampered by blocked roads, tribal tensions and ongoing evacuation orders

June 7, 2024

Humanitarian assistance in Enga Province PNG, following the major landslide of 24 May, has been hampered by a lack of road access, increasing tribal tension, and a 72-hour evacuation order issued by local government this week, according to international humanitarian organisation, CARE. CARE is currently in the affected areas of Yambali Ward where the landslide [...]

Update from CARE Australia on the landslide in Enga, PNG, including launch of humanitarian appeal

May 27, 2024

The Provincial Disaster Management Office, the Enga Provincial Health Authority, the Provincial Police Force, the PNG Defense Force, and United Nations agencies (International Organization for Migration and UNDP), were quick to deploy teams who have assessed the situation over recent days, of the landslide which occurred in Enga Province in Papua New Guinea at 3am […]

Statement from CARE Australia on landslide in Enga, PNG

May 24, 2024

CARE Australia is saddened to confirm reports of a landslide which occurred early on Friday morning of 24 May in Enga Province, in the northern region of Papua New Guinea. The landslide which occurred at 3am PNG time in Yambali Village, took place in a remote area. Highway access near Yambali Village is obstructed, which [...]

Statement from CARE International Secretary General Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro on Rafah Ground Offensive

May 10, 2024

It is unconscionable that an offensive in Rafah has been launched, after months of the world calling for the exact opposite. As a humanitarian organisation, we no longer have the words to describe the apocalyptic levels of pain and injustice Palestinian people in Gaza are facing. This is particularly true given that food and other […]

Aussie mothers have access to 100x more water than mothers in Gaza

May 8, 2024

Mothers in Australia have access to approximately 100x more water than mothers in Gaza, with the former using around 186 litres[1] of water a day, compared to 1.5 to 2 litres[2] per day in the Gaza strip. Ahead of Mother’s Day this Sunday, 12th May, CARE Australia has commissioned research to shed a light on [...]