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CARE Celebrates Introduction of International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA)
CARE commends U.S. Representatives Bill Delahunt (D-MA-10) and Ted Poe (R-TX-02) and U.S. Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) who today introduced the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) in Congress, a step forward in addressing violence against women and girls globally.
9 February 2010
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CARE Is Working to Prevent Sexual Violence in the Aftermath of Haiti Earthquake
CARE is working to prevent sexual and gender-based violence in the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake.
4 February 2010
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CARE Endorses Obama Administration's International Affairs Budget
CARE strongly endorses the Obama administration's FY 2011 International Affairs budget request, which would increase investments in maternal and child health, food security, and climate change -- all while placing women and girls at the core of U.S. foreign assistance programs.
4 February 2010
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Join CARE for the London to Paris Cycle Challenge
For the first time, CARE USA is partnering with CARE UK for the London to Paris Cycle Challenge.
3 February 2010
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CARE Calls for Rehabilitation Funding and Debt Relief to Rebuild Haiti
As foreign ministers gather for a donor conference on aid for Haiti this Monday, CARE calls for balanced, long-term funding that will meet the country's emergency and rehabilitation needs and debt relief to ensure its recovery from the earthquake.
27 January 2010
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Maternal Health Meeting at Number 10 Downing Street
Number 10 Downing Street hosted a group of women leaders today working to build a global strategy for 2010 that will focus on reducing the number of women dying in childbirth around the world.
26 January 2010
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CARE Distributes Food, Water and Supplies to Haiti's Hardest Hit
CARE continued delivering aid to Haiti's hardest hit earthquake survivors Wednesday, despite security challenges, broken infrastructure, logistical roadblocks and a severe aftershock that rocked Port-au-Prince in the early morning hours.
20 January 2010
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CARE Works with Women in Haiti to Keep Disease at Bay
CARE's disaster-response teams find themselves in a race against time in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, coaching survivors how to purify contaminated water and preparing hygiene kits to help prevent a secondary crisis: the outbreak of disease.
18 January 2010
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CARE: Tens of Thousands of Pregnant Women at Risk in Haiti
CARE warned Saturday that pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and young children are at greatest risk in the wake of an earthquake that has devastated the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and left nearly three million people in need of assistance. There are an estimated 37,000 pregnant women among the affected population in urgent need of safe drinking water, food and medical care. Half of Haiti's population is younger than 18 years old.
16 January 2010
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CARE Readies Operations in Haiti Following Devastating Earthquake
CARE is assessing the damage in Haiti and readying emergency response crews following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake centered just off the coast of one of the world's poorest countries. The scale of the disaster remains unclear, as CARE struggles to reach its staff and partners in Haiti. But initial reports indicate a major catastrophe.
15 January 2010
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CARE Deploys Supplies, More Emergency Team Members to Haiti
CARE has launched a global appeal for $10 million to help the survivors of Tuesday's devastating earthquake in Haiti. The exact death toll is unknown, but aid groups are estimating that three million people - that's one-third of Haiti's population - are affected and in need of assistance.
14 January 2010
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CARE Deploys Additional Emergency Team Members to Haiti
CARE is deploying additional emergency team members to the devastated city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti, where the worst earthquake in 200 years destroyed houses and left thousands homeless. While the exact death toll from the 7.0-magnitude quake is not yet known, it is expected to be catastrophic.
13 January 2010