Toilets aren’t a glamorous topic to talk about. But they are an important one. There are almost 4 billion people around the world living without safe access to toilets. How do they manage? Some wait until night or walk long distances to find a private place to go. Some use shared bathrooms that aren’t clean. Some are forced to go out in the open near their homes, which creates a major public health hazard. Globally, every day, 700 children die just from diarrhea because of unsafe water and sanitation — that’s one child every two minutes. Learn more.

We asked women photographers in three countries in Asia to document the stories of women working in the garment industry. Yen (Vietnam), Fabeha (Bangladesh), and Anita (Indonesia) each spoke to women holding different roles in garment factories to learn what matters most to them. Their stories are inspiring and clearly show the importance of ensuring women’s voices are respected and valued in the garment industry. CARE’s work to promote the voice and leadership of women working in the garment industry is part of CARE’s Made by Women initiative. Learn more

Women make up around 80% of the workforce in the garment industry* but often struggle to have their voices heard. CARE spoke to inspiring leaders in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Indonesia to learn what matters most to them, and documented their stories via women-led photography teams from each country. These women are leading changes within their factories and communities, a task that grew exponentially more difficult when COVID-19 brought about lockdowns, closed borders, and idled factories. Read their stories

EMPower – the Emerging Markets Foundation and CARE’s Tipping Point Initiative came together first to learn from EMpower’s experience developing the Adolescent Girls’ Learning Community model in India to understand the ways in which girls themselves were taking on these norms. The partnership grew to adapt the model in Nepal and Bangladesh during Tipping Point’s second phase, becoming a central strategy for challenging social expectations and repressive norms, and promoting movements and activism that are led by girls. Learn more

Harassment and intimidation aimed at girls for being unmarried is often referred to as “eve teasing” in Bangladesh, as well as some other South Asian countries. It’s an umbrella term used to describe sexual harassment, sexual assault or other forms of violence toward girls who don’t have husbands. More information.