Challenging Gender-based Violence Worldwide
Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most widespread human rights abuses in the world. Globally, one in three women will be raped, beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Though women and girls are overwhelmingly the targets of GBV, men and boys can also be subject to GBV, especially if they […]
Be a man, change the rules – Young Men Initiative
Coordinated by CARE International Balkans, implemented by collaborating institutions in four countries, and evaluated by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), YMI seeks to promote a lifestyle that prioritizes good health, nonviolence, and gender equality through a combination of educational workshops and community campaigns. This synthesis report provides an overview of the program’s […]
Investment for a Better Life! RESEARCH PAPER
The commitment and mission of CARE International in all the projects it is implementing is the fight against poverty and the creation of conditions for a life of dignity and security for all. This noble mission, as well as our program strategy to strengthen gender equality and social-economic inclusion of women, was the guiding principle […]
Making the Case Summary of Baseline Characteristics in Six YMI Project Sites in the Western Balkans
This report synthesizes findings from baseline studies in six technical schools from across the region: one in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), one in Zagreb (Croatia), and two each in Belgrade (Serbia) and Prishtina (Kosovo). The findings included here come only from baseline datasets, and are intended to provide a snapshot of the young men participating […]
CARE Balkan Gender Report
This is a report about CARE’s work to advance gender equality in the Balkans and what we have achieved over the past seven years. Our goal is to give account and to demonstrate our commitment to change the lives of the people we serve.
Evidence of Change In Gender Equality and Women‘s Empowerment in the Balkans 2005-2012
́I am proud that I dared ́, said a girl who had participated in one of CARE’s projects in the Balkans. Similar sentiments and perspectives, conveying a sense of strength and defiance of the odds, have been used by many of our partners and participants across the Balkan region while talking to us about their […]
SMALL STEPS FOR BETTER FUTURE
This publication is product of the project “Support to implementation of the National Action Plans for Roma inclusions”, which was in the period 1/2010 – 3/2013 implemented by the organization CARE INTERNATIONAL in cooperation with the BiH Ministry for human rights and refugees and Roma non-governmental organization Euro Rom from Tuzla, with the financial support […]