Pakistan currently spends 0.8 percent of its GDP on health: the lowest such investment in South Asia. Long-term under-investment and poor governance have left the country with a very poor health infrastructure that lacks adequate facilities, trained human resources and medication...    read more

At 2.9 percent of GDP, Pakistan’s investment in education is well below Millennium Development Goal (MDG) requirements. The country’s Human Development Index (HDI) rank in education is 144, significantly below its overall HDI rank of 125...    read more

Faced with the brunt of health and education problems, women in Pakistan are less able to participate actively in the economy. Reproductive practices that subjugate women to extended periods of child-bearing and rearing, and domestic violence compromise...    read more

Responding to humanitarian emergencies is an essential part of CARE's work to fight poverty and injustice and we recognize that emergencies are a cause and effect of both. CARE helps people cope with crisis through disaster risk reduction, emergency relief...    read more

In the tiny village of Zarin Abad, a few hours north of Islamabad, a group of women are gathered in a small room, learning dressmaking skills, to help them earn an income. These women lost everything in the floods last year, but they look forward to becoming independent through vocational training...    read more

Married at the age of just 15 years, Nazeeran is now 21 years old and a mother of five. Coming from a traditional and low income family, from a poor neighborhood, she was hardly allowed to leave the home, let alone go to school. Early marriage was a natural and inevitable course of action. After marriage, Nazeeran gave birth every year, almost routinely. Her husband, a driver, works up to 14 hours a day to bring food...   read more