Women-led organizations are key to responding to women's and girls' needs in
#HumanitarianCrises
.
Watch as Aichatou Mounkaila, head of the CARE-supported Network of Women’s Organizations of the Lake Chad Basin briefed the
#UNSC
earlier this year on the protection of civilians.
In 2023, there were 260 times more online articles worldwide about the new Barbie movie than about the humanitarian crisis in Angola, which affected 7 million people.
CARE's
#BreakingTheSilence
report focuses on the 10 crises with the least media attention:
From floods submerging
#Somalia
to wildfires in Canada & Chile and heatwaves in Asia & Europe,
#ClimareChange
left a destructive trail in 2023.
To prevent even worse climate chaos in 2024, world leaders must act now on promises made at
#COP28
to end the fossil fuel era.
Some 17,000 women have given birth in horrific circumstances in
#Gaza
in nearly 100 days of conflict. A collapsing healthcare, malnutrition, and the lack of clean water threaten their lives and those of their babies.
#CeasefireNOW
🚨CARE joins other 25 NGOs in urging all actors to de-escalate military operations in
#Yemen
.
The rise in violence is worsening the already difficult living conditions of 21 million
#Yemenis
in need of food, water, and lifesaving assistance.
➡️Read:
26 NGOs operating in
#Yemen
express grave concern over the humanitarian impacts of recent escalation in Yemen and the Red Sea
Escalation will only worsen the situation for vulnerable civilians & hinder the delivery of critical services. Joint statement🔽
There was a 300% increase in miscarriages in
#Gaza
since the start of this
#IsraelGazaWar
, CARE’s Nour Beydoun told
@Jezebel
.
As often happens in crises, women & girls are suffering disproportionate impacts from the conflict and need targeted support.
Read more ⤵️
"Crises in
#Africa
are being overlooked, with news about
#HumanitarianEmergencies
on the continent buried beneath the weight of media attention focused elsewhere".
Read
@dwnews
' analysis on CARE's new Breaking the Silence report:
➡️
The world is in the grip of an astonishing 55 conflicts. Although all civilians caught up in fighting face unimaginable suffering, women & girls bear the brunt of impacts.
They face greater risks of
#GenderBasedViolence
,
#FoodInsecurity
, and unpaid care work.
The
@UNOCHA
expects reduced funding to address
#humanitarian
crises in 2024 compared to last year.
This is not a lack of resources but of political will.
Wealthy countries share the responsibility for many of today's crises and must help prevent & respond to them.
In 2023, there were over a quarter of a million articles about the new iPhone and less than 1,400 about the
#HumanitarianCrisis
in
#Zambia
.
Read CARE's
#BreakingtheSilence
report on the 10 crises with the least media attention. ➡️
To protect women & girls during
#Humanitarian
emergencies, we must listen to them.
Women leaders from Bangladesh, Burundi, South Sudan, Colombia & Niger shared what they are doing to address
#GenderBasedViolence
in emergencies, at CARE's linked event to Global
#RefugeeForum
.
When women are empowered to reach their full potential, they are able to lead change for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Learn how Fabiola and her
#VSLA
colleagues have advocated for improved healthcare in Sake,
#DRC
.
➡️
The conflict in
#Gaza
has unleashed an unprecedented humanitarian disaster, with winter, hunger, thirst, and disease putting countless more innocent civilian lives at risk.
Here are 7 things you should know:
2023 will end with over 333 million people facing acute levels of food insecurity.
Amidst those grappling with lack of food, women & girls suffer the most. They are the ones who eat last and least.
Fighting the global
#HungerCrisis
is fighting for
#GenderEquality
.
#COP28
sent a hopeful signal that the fossil fuel era is coming to an end.
However, much more needs to be done to support vulnerable communities already facing the extreme impacts of
#ClimateChange
.
True
#ClimateJustice
is yet to be seen.
"Every year, the number of my girlfriends in class drops because of early marriage."
Sara*, a 17-year-old
#Syrian
girl living in a displacement camp, discusses the impacts of
#EarlyMarriage
in her community and talks about her dream to become a nurse.
Nearly one in two people in
#Sudan
will need humanitarian assistance in 2024. Yet international aid and media attention are falling far short of what’s needed to support those affected.
Read:
Facing a decade-long conflict,
#Syrian
farmers now grapple with the added challenge of severe
#ClimateChange
impacts jeopardizing their production. Yet, through climate-smart techniques, they're not just weathering the storm but reviving agricultural productivity.
"The only thing that gives me the strength to wake up every morning and go to work is this:
I am a humanitarian."
CARE's Razan takes us through the unbelievably difficult journey of a humanitarian worker acting in
#Gaza
and the
#WestBank
.
➡️Read:
2023 saw rising conflicts, a deeper climate crisis & widening inequalities. Yet, amidst the challenges, a desire for change has grown.
As many countries celebrate
#NewYearsEve
, our wish for 2024 is an even stronger movement to build a world of hope, inclusion & social justice.
Supporting people to earn money, access health services & grow food goes beyond meeting basic needs. It can change the way they think about their paths.
As a new year begins, learn how the Futures project helped participants transform their journeys: ➡️
We welcome today’s
#UNSC
Resolution on
#Gaza
. The text must now translate into concrete action to save lives, address the immense suffering, and avert further disaster.
The people of Gaza don’t have the luxury of time.
Despite the many restrictions women in
#Afghanistan
have suffered, they have turned suffering into positive change.
Read some of these fantastic journeys of resilience and empowerment.
⤵️
Harsh winter conditions will increase suffering for millions of people caught up in humanitarian emergencies. From
#Ukraine
to
#Afghanistan
, many who are in living makeshift shelters must now deal with freezing temperatures while lacking basic necessities.
In the wake of a disaster, timely & accurate information is key.
Since the first days after the devastating earthquakes hit
#Turkiye
&
#Syria
in February till now,
@CARE_Turkey_TR
's helpline has given lifesaving support to thousands of people.
Read: ⤵️
Adolescent girls in
#Nepal
advocated for the government to fund programs to promote girls' agency & empowerment - and they succeeded.
Learn how the decade-long Tipping Point initiative has supported Nepalese girls to lead change.
➡️
#Gaza
: "It’s winter, so even things like flu to people who are malnourished will be deadly. It will take a huge effort to get things under control” CARE's Aaron Brent to
@mollyblackall
of
@theipaper
80% of all people facing
#famine
in the world are in
#Gaza
. In the South, children have access to only half of the necessary water intake to survive.
How to stop this unbelievable suffering?
🔸Allow the delivery of aid
🔸Release hostages
🔸Ceasefire
NOW.
Today, we are thrilled to welcome CARE Internationals’ new Secretary General
@SofiaSprechmann
, starting 1 June 2020!
Sofia’s rich and expansive career at CARE started 25 years ago. We are thankful for her leadership today and in the future!
PR:
#COP28
ended yesterday with hope for the future but little action in the present.
Although the Conference reached historic agreements to end the fossil fuel era, it failed to support low-income countries to adapt to
#ClimateChange
impacts.
Read: ⤵️
Latin America has been declared as the “new epicentre” of the
#COVID19
pandemic. With close to 800,000 confirmed cases across the region, many countries are now also facing a possible hunger emergency. Food insecurity could quadruple from 3.4 to 13.7 million in 2020
@WFP
"The building next to us in
#Rafah
was bombed. There was flying glass everywhere."
CARE's Salwa Tibi and her family narrowly escaped an airstrike in
#Gaza
on Monday night.
While fighting continues, innocent civilian lives will remain at stake.
We urge for a
#CeasefireNOW
.
🚨Over two million
#Palestinians
are at risk of dying of hunger and preventable diseases. The vast majority of the population has been forced to live in makeshift shelters, with almost no access to toilets, food, drinkable water, or any basic needs.
➡️
While negotiators at
#COP28
are hesitant to commit to the urgent phase-out of fossil fuels, millions of people in countries like
#Somalia
are facing the extreme impacts of
#ClimateChange
.
It's time for all parties to agree to all actions that halt
#GlobalWarming
and save lives.
Five consecutive failed rain seasons have been followed by El Nino induced floods,more than 1 million people have been displaced and the needs are high.
@MawereWalter
CARE Somalia Advocacy & Communication Coord spoke to some of the families affected.
@CAREECSARegion
@CARE
#Somalia
“This
#pandemic
requires a global response, on a massive scale, to ensure refugees’ safety, health, recovery and leadership.”
Thank you
@The_Real_IMAN
for using your story to amplify the experience of millions of refugees around the world🌏
#WorldRefugeeDay
We are appalled at the failure of the
@UN
SC to authorise a resolution demanding a humanitarian ceasefire and unconditional release of hostages held in
#Gaza
. Action must be guided by humanitarian imperative, not by politics.
Read our joint statement:
#Sudanese
refugees in
#Chad
are facing a devastating
#HumanitarianCrisis
. Over 540,000 people forced to flee the
#SudanWar
- the vast majority of whom are women & children - urgently need more international support to improve dire living conditions.
The international community failed to prevent conflicts, climate change-induced disasters & other drivers of humanitarian needs.
Not fully funding the US$46 billion requested by
@UNOCHA
will mean letting people down twice, especially women & girls who bear the brunt of crises.
🚨Two months into the
#IsraelGazaWar
, women are the last to eat and children first to die.
Although all 2.3 million Palestinians in
#Gaza
are in urgent need of
#HumanitarianAid
, the conflict has had a disproportionate impact on women and children.
➡️Read:
BREAKING📢CARE releases NEW report: The 10 most under-reported
#humanitarian
crises of 2020.
All 10 crises combined received less global media coverage than
#Eurovision
and were mentioned 26 times less than the launch of
#PlayStation5
.
Read the Report >
Today, the CARE family mourns Salam Kanaan, Country Director of
@CARE_Palestine
, who sadly passed from cancer.
She was an inspirational and courageous leader - who stood for the rights of women and girls. We send our deepest condolences to her family, friends and colleagues.
CARE International has lost contact with our team in
#Gaza
and we are extremely worried for their safety. We again reiterate the need for immediate humanitarian access. Civilians and humanitarians are
#NotATarget
.
🏅We are proud to share that our Secretary-General
@SofiaSprechmann
won the
@AidExGlobal
Humanitarian Hero of the Year Award for her 30+ years of unwavering commitment to
#humanitarian
efforts. It's a privilege for the CARE Global community to be guided by her leadership.
1/3
NGOs, especially women-led organizations, need more funding as they have demonstrated over and over again to be best placed to respond to the specific needs of people in crises.
Read: ⤵️
📢Watch the
@BBCWorld
interview with CARE’s
@chikonatie
Southern Africa Advocacy Advisor about issues of
#justice
and the global south perspective in
#ClimateChange
.
“Women within the Global South are losing their ecosystem due to these climatic impacts”
📢Today,
@UN
has announced that 235 million people across the globe will be in need of life-saving support in 2021.
CARE joins with aid organisations to call for safe and unhindered access to fight the impact of hunger and conflict in 2021 >
"Social distancing in
#refugee
camps is simply not an option.
In order to curb the spread of COVID-19 in these specific communities the needs are basic:
🏥Health Care
🚰Clean Water
🧼Sanitation"
Thank you
@priyankachopra
&
@GlblCtzn
>
Today, we are incredibly excited for the start of
@CAREGlobal
's new Secretary-General,
@SofiaSprechmann
!
Sofia's leadership comes at a pivotal time in CARE's 75-year history, where global action is needed now more than ever!
Please help us to welcome & celebrate Sofia!
Today is my first day as the Secretary General of
@CAREGlobal
- I am thrilled and proud to take on this role! As I start from home here in Quito,
#Ecuador
one of the worst-hit by
#COVID19
in
#LatinAmerica
, I am both heavy-hearted and hopeful of a brighter future ahead.
At least 122 people have been killed - 31 children & 20 women - from ongoing military airstrikes in Gaza. CARE International calls for an immediate end to all violence.
Humanitarian & medical personnel need safe & unfettered movement to respond. Statement:
1 in 3 women will experience
#GenderBasedViolence
in her lifetime. This is unacceptable.
World leaders have the power to change this devastating reality by funding programs that prevent and respond to
#GBV
.
Women & girls have the human right to live
#WithoutFear
.
#16Days
📢Today, we join 260+ NGOs, representing aid workers worldwide, calling upon leaders to take urgent action to help millions of families one step away from famine.
This is a final warning. Together we must
#fightfamine
.
Open Letter:
Today is an historic day for women! For 2 years,
@CARE
’s
#March4Women
campaign rallied around an ILO Convention to end violence & harassment at work. Today,
@CarolineKende
& all of CARE applaud the
#ILO100
for agreeing on that convention.
#StopGBVatWork
.
"How much longer until they can be children again?" Alaa, a mother of three from
#Gaza
has endured two bombardments and displacement four times. In a heartfelt letter, she shared her unwavering journey to keep her family alive.
⤵️
#WomensDay
is this week, but we are making the entire month of March about women!
Our Secretary General,
@CarolineKende
wants to know - how will you get involved in
#March4Women
?
I'm so proud that these exceptional, powerhouse women heard my rallying cry & are uniting as one,
#TogetherForHer
, alongside
@CARE
&
@EIFoundation
. We are a movement spotlighting & funding interventions to help keep women & girls safe from abuse. Join us:
Exactly 75 years ago today, the first CARE package arrived in Le Havre 🇫🇷 Germany also received the first parcels on July 15, 1946.
Chancellor Angela Merkel looks back, reminds us of our responsibility as a global community & thanks CARE for 75 years of service
#CARE75
@care_de
We are relieved to share that after a communications blackout in
#Gaza
, we have been able to connect with our team and confirm they are all accounted for. However, their well-being as well as that of all civilians affected by this conflict remains at stake. We urgently need:
👏👏👏Thank you to all the medical professionals around the world bravely flighting
#COVID19
!
Women are on the frontlines, as 70% of the Global Health workforce, but also face an average
#GenderPay
gap of 28%.
RT to send a personal thank you to health workers around the world!
Today is “International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women”! We must accelerate efforts to all forms of violence against women and girls particularly as a result of the
#COVID19
pandemic.
#16days
#SolidarityDay
"With water levels as high as 10 meters, large parts of Derna were wiped out. More than 5,000 people lost their lives; including family members of our staff." - CARE's Reema Lazar described the terrible impacts of the
#LibyaFloods
.
Read the full statement:
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the
#NobelPeacePrize
–
@NadiaMuradBasee
and
@DenisMukwege
– two champions in the fight against
#GBV
. Their courage is an inspiration to all who are trying to protect women and girls everywhere.
"Most girls and young women using social media have experienced abuse that has driven them offline and left them traumatised, according to a new global survey by
@PlanGlobal
."
#DayOfTheGirl
To prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in
#Ukraine
, we need to act now.
CARE has partnered with
@people_in_need
to provide emergency assistance. Here is how you can help 👇🏾
Is there a
#coronavirus
gender gap?
Today,
@CARE
and the
@RESCUEorg
published a Rapid Gender Assessment of the
#COVID
ー19 to understand how women, girls and other marginalized people are likely to suffer from the pandemic.
Find our how and why >
CARE International strongly condemns the shooting by security forces of a 7-year-old girl in her home in Mandalay in
#Myanmar
. She is the youngest victim of the violent crackdown on opposition that began last month.
For full statement:
CARE's reaction regarding the alarming news coming from Palestine-Israel. We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities, and diplomatic action by the
@UN
Security Council and International Community.
🆕 Over one quarter of all people in
#Gaza
face “catastrophic, famine-levels of starvation”. And each child, woman and man is hungry. That is over 2.2 million people.
A ceasefire is urgent to avert a full famine.
This is the last day of the
#16DaysOfActivismAgainstGBV
2023.
But ensuring women can live
#WithoutFear
of experiencing gender-based violence, harassment, or abuse is a non-stop commitment.
Demand all year-round world leaders to fund programs that prevent and respond to
#GBV
.
❗️Over 900 people have been killed by a powerful earthquake in
#Afghanistan
. Hundreds more are injured.
CARE is sending mobile health units and emergency relief supplies to the affected areas.
Via
@BBCWorld
"In my 25 years with CARE, I have learned that out of great tragedy comes even greater hope."
CARE International's new Secretary General,
@SofiaSprechmann
sends a global message of solidarity and hope✨
#WorldEnvironmentDay2020
We are truly humbled and honoured to be a recipient of this year's Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice for our work on COVID-19. On behalf of all our dedicated staff and partners, thank you
@HarmonyOrg
Watch award presentation here:
As
@UN_Women
turns 10 on 2 July, I thank all our partners, supporters and allies for their unwavering support throughout the years. Together, we will make
#GenerationEquality
a reality.
Nearly 17 million people live in the areas affected by the
#earthquakes
in
#Turkiye
and
#Syria
. They are exposed to extreme health risks, exacerbated by freezing temperatures. We need to act now to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.
Here is how you can help 👇🏾
Women around the world are leading community responses in emergencies. Even so, their space in formal decision-making is shrinking. CARE’s ‘Her Voice’ report showcases their stories, experiences, and actions in crises.
👉🏾Read more:
❗️With over 1,000 deaths and 33 million people affected by the
#PakistanFloods
,
@CAREPakistan_
Communications Assistant Maryam Imtiaz appealed to the international community for urgent support.
#ClimateEmergency
#EidAlFitr
Mubarak! We wish everyone and your families strength, health and happiness in this challenging time!
Watch a message of hope from our leaders around the world!
#eidmubarak2020
#Eid
The veto at the
#UNSC
today preventing the renewal of the Syrian cross-border mechanism marks a low point in the Council's humanitarian record. This will have catastrophic consequences for over 4 million people depending on UN aid.
👉🏾Read CARE’s statement:
The global
#refugeecrisis
requires urgent and continued attention from global leaders.
As
@Malala
's new book reveals,
#refugees
face at least 20 years of insecurity after fleeing conflicts.
CARE has once again lost contact with our team in
#Gaza
after a new communications blackout caused by lack of fuel. We are extremely worried for their safety.
We urge all parties to re-establish critical infrastructure to protect civilians & humanitarians, who are
#NotATarget
.
Many people in
#Yemen
will barely be able to break their fast for
#Ramadan
this year.
"Many days we just eat one meal. My kids keep crying all night because they are hungry. That breaks my heart but I can’t do anything for them," shares Amreah, a widowed mother from Taiz, Yemen.
Today, on the 50th anniversary of
#EarthDay
, we must commit to a better path for people and the planet 🌍👭
We must prioritize those most affected by
#inequality
so no one is left behind!
We must learn from the
#COVID19
crisis and build back better, using sustainable solutions