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27 Jun 2022

East Africa food crisis: No-one knows what tomorrow holds

ActionAid's Takaitei Bote is in Kenya this week to support the response to the food crisis in the country where millions of vulnerable people, especia...

Takaitei Bote

ActionAid Zimbabwe

Amina, 70, in Kenya was a proud owner of 75 goats, but she is now only left with two because of the drought in Kenya.

Amina, 70, in Kenya was a proud owner of 75 goats, but she is now only left with two because the drought in Kenya. Photo: ActionAid

27 May 2022

Cost of living: 12% of British women are affected by period poverty

Our new survey reveals that the cost of living is biting: period poverty is affecting millions of women in Britain today, causing many to use makeshif...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications

Many women are prioritising other household essentials over buying products like tampons. Photo: Unsplash

18 May 2022

Period poverty: the statistics around the world

Learn about period poverty, the statistics, and how it affects women, girls and people who menstruate around the world: from the UK, to New Zealand, t...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications

Beth, 16, is a south Sudanese refugee now living in Uganda, who has learned how to make reusable sanitary pads at an ActionAid workshop. Photo: Esther Mbabazi / ActionAid

13 May 2022

Sign up for a free period pouch

Get a free ActionAid period pouch - for school, work or on-the-go! Celebrate period positivity with this custom-designed 'share a better period' pouch...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications

This custom-designed 'share a better period' pouch is perfect for storing period essentials. Photo: ActionAid

1 Apr 2022

What will be the global impact of the war in Ukraine?

Find out the impact of the Russia/Ukraine war on the global economy, soaring food and energy prices and poverty around the world. How will the Ukraine...

Mike Noyes

Head of Humanitarian Response

Once filled with over 150,000 barrels of water, this ActionAid-implemented earth dam in Somaliland is now completely dry due to drought. Photo: Daniel Jukes/ActionAid

16 Mar 2022

Ukraine crisis: live updates from the Ukraine border

ActionAid staff, partners and volunteers report live from border crossing towns as people flee Ukraine. Learn more about the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian ...

Niki Ignatiou

Humanitarian Policy Specialist

Displaced women and children arrive at Hrebenne, a crossing point on the Polish side of the Ukraine-Poland border where ActionAid and partner PAH are working. Photo: Simona Supino/ActionAid

East Africa food crisis: No-one knows what tomorrow holds

Cost of living: 12% of British women are affected by period poverty

Period poverty: the statistics around the world

Sign up for a free period pouch

What will be the global impact of the war in Ukraine?

Ukraine crisis: live updates from the Ukraine border

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