Siaya is a town twenty miles from Lake Victoria, in Western Kenya. I am in town to visit community groups that my CARE Kenya colleagues (Alex, Lucy, and Margaret) have been working with in the last six months. The first group we visit nam...
By: Suzanne Berman, Field Coordinator, CARE USA
I work with members of the US Congress and their constituents to improve our foreign assistance programs. While much of CARE’s advocacy work involves the US government, our country offic...
On Monday, February 13, President Obama released his Administration’s request for the FY13 Federal Budget, which includes funding for International Affairs. Despite a tight fiscal environment, the FY13 request reflects the President’s ongoing commitm...
A Testament to Human Kindness
IDP Rachele in her home in DRC. Picture by Julie Edwards/CARE International/2012
Welcoming groups of people into your community is...
Hi everyone,
We're working on a Kickstarter campaign for a short film called SILK. It's a fictional film that revolves around the life of an adult woman in the U.S. who was once a child bride in Yemen. This film is being produced as ...
The farmers of Dan Maza Idi village in Niger have a saying: "Everybody depends on the Earth to survive." But climate change is making survival more difficult in Dan Maza Idi and villages like it...
This working paper presents key findings of a recent study conducted by the Alexandria Regional Centre for Women's Health and Development in Egypt, highlighting gaps between female adolescents' needs for appropriate RH information and what they actually have access to, as expressed by the girls. In 2008, PRB invited researchers from the MENA region to participate in its summer policy communication...
This working paper presents key findings and some recommendations based on a recent study conducted in three governorates of Egypt: Cairo, Giza, and Gharbia. The study, conducted by the author, shows that students find what they learn in school about sexual and reproductive health issues to be insufficient, and moreover, teachers and students are shy and embarrassed during these lessons....
Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly. As a result, the public often misunderstands many sexual and reproductive health matters. The media play a critical role in bringing sexual...
Many studies have recommended integrating reproductive health and HIV services because sexually active individuals have overlapping needs: They are at risk of both unintended pregnancies and HIV infection. A 2009 World Health Organization review of the studies on this issue found that integrating family planning and HIV services leads to higher-quality and better used services and is cost-effectiv...
