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6 May 2020

Coronavirus: how does women’s leadership make a difference in a crisis?

In the world’s poorest countries, the leadership of women at a grassroots local level will save lives during the coronavirus crisis. Find out why.&nbs...

Anna Parke

Head of Research and Programme Policy, Humanitarian Team

In Nigeria, members of the Community Action Response Team are conducting house-to-house visits to increase awareness about Covid-19 and hygiene practice. Photo: ActionAid

1 May 2020

Covid: How misinformation can be fatal

Myths about the spread of global health phenomena are not new. They are a common occurrence and have existed for a long time, but in the age of social...

Arsheen Qasim

Digital Communications

ActionAid volunteer facilitator, Hawa conducts an Ebola awareness session in Sierra Leone in 2014. Photo: ActionAid

22 Apr 2020

Coronavirus: Millions facing hunger around the world

Vulnerable people in Africa, Asia and Latin America are facing a double emergency from hunger and Covid-19, as the pandemic is affecting food supply a...

Arsheen Qasim

Digital Communications

Women are at the forefront of trying to alleviate hunger during the coronavirus crisis. Photo: ActionAid India

21 Apr 2020

Double danger: Covid-19 and the surge in domestic violence

As Coronavirus spreads rapidly across the world, lockdown is the ‘new normal’ for many people, and the usual rules of life have changed. Find out how ...

Lee Webster

International Development Policy and Practice

Lorine, a member of the Nyarongi Women’s Network which works to end violence against women in Kenya. Photo: Karin Schermbrucker/ActionAid

26 Mar 2020

Cyclone Idai one year on: what’s happening in Zimbabwe?

One year on from the devastating Cyclone Idai of 2019, ActionAid's Arbie Baguios explains what's happening in Zimbabwe and the consequences still bein...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications

Cyclone Idai devastated parts of Zimbabwe. Photo: Zinyange Auntony/ActionAid

24 Mar 2020

How will Covid affect women and girls in poverty?

The World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic in early March 2020. This new coronavirus and Covid-19 disease affects all ...

Arsheen Qasim

Digital Communications

Residents of a village in Sierra Leona, attend a hand-washing session during the Ebola outbreak of 2014. Photo: Tommy Trenchard/ActionAid

Coronavirus: how does women’s leadership make a difference in a crisis?

Covid: How misinformation can be fatal

Coronavirus: Millions facing hunger around the world

Double danger: Covid-19 and the surge in domestic violence

Cyclone Idai one year on: what’s happening in Zimbabwe?

How will Covid affect women and girls in poverty?

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