Recognizing a Need
Global humanitarian organization CARE recognizes that women around the world suffer disproportionately from poverty and lack of opportunity. In economically depressed nations, women continue to be held back, and only when they have the chance to reach for independence are they able to live secure, thriving lives. For more than sixty years, CARE has enabled women in developing countries to improve their lives through programs that address the particular needs of their own regions of the world.
Because gains for women result in gains for entire families, CARE programs focus on at-risk women and girls. One program in India, for example, teaches women the technical skills to become leather artisans and the business skills ...