39 episodes
The CARE Action! Podcast CARE Action!
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The CARE Action! Podcast is our network’s story told through global conversations about advocacy, poverty, humanitarian aid, and the people who make CARE work. It takes a network to make change happen – a network of smart, passionate people working together to raise awareness, apply political pressure, and help CARE eradicate global poverty by empowering girls and women to transform their lives. Not too wonky, not too technical – The CARE Action Podcast turns everyday citizens into powerful advocates.
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#39: Leading Men, Boys, and Global Change
Jeanne talks with Besnik Leka, program coordinator for CARE’s Young Men’s Institute in the Balkans, about why men and boys must be involved in changing social norms and gender barriers that hold back women, communities and global progress.
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#38: Special Election 2018 #2 - Where We Are With The Midterms Now
CARE Action’s Executive Director talks about what these elections mean for the US and CARE with political consultant Adam Deguire.
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#37: Amplifying Women’s Economic Empowerment
Jeanne talks with Gayatri Patel, CARE’s Gender Empowerment Policy Advocate about this summer’s Amplify Your Voice campaign, about H.B. 5480 and how the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 helps women to eradicate poverty.
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#36: The Conference, Our Advocates, and the Midterm Elections
Jeanne gathered stories from CARE’s advocates and leaders at this year’s CARE National Conference.
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#35: What’s Happening With The Foreign Assistance Budget?
Jeanne talks with Rachael Leman, CARE Action’s Executive Director, and Liz Marcey, CARE’s Senior Policy Advocate, about how the foreign assistance budget fared in FY18 and what’s on the horizon for FY19.
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#33: People Who Make CARE Work
Jeanne talks with Matthew Pickard, Country Director for CARE Malawi, to find out what it’s like to live, work and lead in countries where CARE is making change happen.
Customer Reviews
Inside international development
This is a must listen for those who are interested in the application of soft power around the world.
Great podcast!
Great podcast! Really insightful and useful fo staying in touch with what's going on in in the humanitarian/development field in Washington and around the world! Would recommend.
Great Podcast! Would Recommend
This podcast gives an inside look into the major humanitarian issues that CARE and CARE Action are working so hard to improve! It is extremely insightful and shares extremely important, lesser known stories that don't make headlines.