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Story25 November 2020

16 things you need to know about gender-based violence

While some progress has been made in the fight for gender equality, gender-based violence (GBV) continues to be a major human rights issue around the world - predominantly affecting girls and women, regardless of class, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability status or culture.

This health centre in Tahoua, Niger, which serves over 50 rural villages, has been using the CMAM Surge approach since 2016 to help respond to increases in their malnutrition caseloads. Photo: Darren Vaughan / Concern Worldwide.

Publication

23 November 2020

The CMAM Surge Approach

An overview of Concern's CMAM Surge Approach with many of the key knowledge products and resources in English and French.

Concern’s outreach nutrition programme reaches communities who would otherwise have no access to health care. Clinics are held wherever possible, here under the shade of an acacia tree in Sahgel, Chalbi District in Marsabit, Kenya. Photo: Gideon Mendel.

Publication

23 November 2020

Evaluations of the CMAM Surge Approach

This page details the learning and evaluations from CMAM Surge programmes in Kenya, Niger and Ethiopia.

Baby Charlyne and Margret Wanjiru in the alleyway outside there home in Kibera. Nairobi where she lost her livelihood and needs urgent food aid to survive

Press release

22 November 2020

Millions of children face Christmas with nothing to eat after COVID job losses

Millions of children face a Christmas with little or nothing to eat due to job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic- according to Irish humanitarian organisation Concern Worldwide.

Press release

20 November 2020

Concern wins Good Governance Award

Concern Worldwide has won a 2020 Good Governance Award for its annual reporting

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What we do

Logistics advisor Graham Woodcock in front of a loaded Concern truck with supplies for distribution in La Gonave, Haiti. Photo: Kristin Myers / Concern Worldwide.

Emergencies

Our goal is to respond rapidly to save lives and reduce suffering and this is exactly what we do. In an emergency situation, we act quickly to save lives.

Livelihoods

Secure livelihoods offer the extreme poor a pathway to forge their way out of poverty. We implement our livelihood programmes in some of the most vulnerable places in the world.

Health and nutrition

We work towards the survival and wellbeing of the world's most vulnerable communities, while ensuring they obtain the knowledge and resources to keep themselves and their families healthy and nourished.

Education

Education is key to breaking the poverty cycle. We seek to increase access to education, improve the quality of teachers and improve child well-being by providing safe learning environments.

Gender equality

Gender inequality remains a major obstacle to the eradication of poverty. Gender equality is therefore a key area of focus for all programmes in livelihoods, health and education.

Innovations

Wherever we work, we are always on the lookout for ways of doing things better. Innovation for us means creating value at scale with solutions that are more effective, efficient and sustainable.