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CARE has made a long-term commitment to strengthening gender equality and women’s voice in both emergency and development contexts. In support of this commitment, CARE’s humanitarian and emergency goal is to have a lasting impact on the needs of poor women, girls, boys, and men affected by humanitarian crises, and specifically to reach and empower women and girls who are disproportionately affected in a humanitarian context. Placing a special emphasis on women and girls is vital because existing gender roles and power dynamics most often discriminate against them, and create significant obstacles to their ability to access safe housing.

The aim of these guidelines is to provide clear and practical guidance on how to integrate gender in the shelter sector. Effectively integrating gender issues into shelter programming will support CARE’s commitment to working towards gender equality. It will also enable shelter programmes to address the needs of affected communities more successfully, and therefore to be more effective.