Based on over 70 years of poverty-fighting and humanitarian action experience, CARE has defined an overarching approach for all their programmes: to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and social injustice to bring lasting change to the lives of poor and vulnerable people. The focus of their actions is determined from analysing the underlying causes of poverty and drivers of change at all levels, to help them to identify the most impactful courses of action in line with CARE’s vision and expertise, alongside our partners and allies. CARE prioritises three ways of addressing the main underlying causes of poverty and social injustice that we encounter all around the world: gender inequality; poor governance and unequal power relations; and humanitarian crises and climate change. They address these underlying causes of poverty and social injustice by strengthening gender equality and women’s voice, promoting inclusive governance, and increasing resilience.
In 2017, CARE and partners helped more than 2.6 million women with information and tools to challenge inequality and promote equitable enjoyment of rights, roles and opportunities.