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Bangladesh garment workers: How can we prevent another disaster?

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The garment industry is a large employer of women in Bangladesh, but events like the Rana Plaza factory collapse show that many work in unsafe conditions

Garment workers in Bangladesh could face more disasters like Rana Plaza unless urgent action is taken.

Sexual violence in DRC: “Die or accept your fate”

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Tent homes at Lac Vert refugee camp

Marie's long journey to safety – a week by foot through fields and forest – was anything but safe. Like many others she had a very hard choice to make.

Kosovo: Young men learn new ways to Be A Man

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Alongside drama and sport activities young men attend workshops on gender roles violence and sex. Prejudices concerning “typical women’s work” and what it means to be a man are discussed and questioned. © CARE

Is picking up rubbish and having fun at the same time possible? 16-year-old Gramos Salihu from Pristina thinks so.

Bangladesh: Poor women tackle land rights issue

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Crowd attends local governance meeting in Bangladesh

CARE is supporting communities to collectively tackle the problem of landlessness in northeast Bangladesh.

Recovering from conflict: Giving people a place to be heard

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Six year old Mignon has witnessed things no child should have to see. He's receiving counselling at the CARE listening centre at the camp he and his father have taken refuge in. © CARE / Hortense Agnimel

CARE has created a “listening centre” to provide professional psychosocial support for survivors of Côte d’Ivoire’s brutal violence.

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