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29 Jan 2019

Girls worry about sexual harassment ‘every day’

New research by ActionAid highlights the impact of sexual harassment and misogyny on women and girls around the world, with some girls as young as 14 ...

Charlotte Clarke

News team

Girls club in Kenya. The group meets regularly to discuss gender specific challenges and learn about their rights . Photo: Sheldon Moultrie/ActionAid
21 Jan 2019

How better classrooms are changing girls’ education

All over the world, girls are missing out on the education they deserve, simply because of classroom conditions. Poor-quality classrooms can be damp, ...

Deborah Benbrook

Retention Specialist

Amina is a pupil at an ActionAid-supported school in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: ActionAid
14 Jan 2019

How ActionAid tackles trafficking

With last week marking Human Trafficking awareness day, and the launch of a UN report on trafficking, we reflect on the ways ActionAid is tacklin...

Jess Midwinter

News team

The trafficking of women and girls is an extreme human rights abuse and, shockingly, it is not uncommon. Photo: ActionAid
30 Nov 2018

How netball changed Ugandan star Peace Proscovia's life

ActionAid has been working with the England and Uganda netball teams to promote our work ending violence against women and girls living in poverty.&nb...

Peace Proscovia playing for the UK-based Loughborough Lightning netball squad. Photo: Loughborough University
30 Oct 2018

Alesha Dixon on our new film - One Girl's Journey

ActionAid supporter and Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon writes about why watching One Girl's Journey, our new short film, brought back memorie...

Alesha Dixon

Singer and Britain's Got Talent judge
22 Oct 2018

The real stories that inspired One Girl’s Journey

One Girl’s Journey, our new short film, is inspired by the experiences of women and girls we work with in Africa, Asia and Latin America....

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