Governments worldwide – including Australia’s – are currently discussing the 17 proposed Sustainable Development Goals. Here is all you need to know about the goals and how they could potentially help us achieve gender equality.
Giving women the power to say no is essential to reducing HIV & AIDS
As leading health decision-makers arrive in Melbourne for AIDS 2014 – the world’s biggest HIV & AIDS conference – CARE Australia says the huge inequality between women and men in parts of Asia-Pacific is hampering efforts to tackle HIV & AIDS in the region. Ahead of the conference, CARE is urging governments and health groups […]
Ethiopia: Not just a divorcee
By Amelia Poxon, CARE Australia Communications Coordinator Divorce can have social stigmas attached to it in countries all over the world. In Ethiopia, it can also leave women trapped in poverty. Young girls in rural Ethiopia have limited opportunities to access education and are often married as young as 15 years of age. Their sole […]