Gender equality is CARE’s central organising principle. We cannot achieve women’s economic justice, climate justice, health equity, the right to food, water, and nutrition, or equal access to humanitarian assistance without addressing gender inequality.
Gender remains one of the most fundamental sources of inequality in the world today. Across nearly every country, women earn a fraction of men’s incomes, and trans/non-binary people are disproportionately impacted by poverty and denial of fundamental rights.
Globally, around one in three women has experienced physical and/or sexual violence, most often at the hands of an intimate partner. Gender-based discrimination fuels food insecurity, safety risks, and exclusion from life-saving services and opportunities. More than 60% of the world’s hungry are women and girls, but women and girls disproportionately bear the burden of meeting their families’ food and care needs.
How CARE works with women and girls
Latest gender equality news and stories
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How humanitarian crises affect girls
Supporting girls in times of crisis is essential to protecting their rights and their futures.
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Gender equality is central to climate action - here are four ways to make it happen
Conversations at London Climate Action Week 2026 showed the importance of gender equality for climate action. Here are four ways we can make it happen.
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International Women’s Day: Progress on gender equality is under threat – let’s protect it
The Protect Progress coalition brought together over 70 global women’s rights leaders and activists for International Women's Day to celebrate progress and galvanise action to protect hard-won gains.
