CARE: Defending Dignity, Fighting Poverty

A Mother's Day wishlist for a mom in a developing country? To survive childbirth - and for her baby to do the same. In Afghanistan, 1 out of every 11 mothers won't survive her baby's first day of life. And in some places, these risks are even higher.

More than half of the aid money that our government spends on basic food grains is caught up in red tape, overhead costs, shipping fees, and more. Oftentimes, food is purchased from American farmers, shipped abroad, and then sold to raise money for poverty programs. This practice is not only

One billion women will be victims of rape, beatings, mutilation or other forms of abuse in their lifetime. Some of them will become victims for going to school, others for not birthing a son, but mostly, just because they were born female. Most of these women will be told they deserved it. Sadly,

Nearly 2,000,000 women are killed in India every year due to gender-based violence, including rape and domestic violence. However, in one poll, 68 percent of Indian judges said "provocative attire" is an "invitation to rape." For millions of women around the world, violence, discrimination and