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6 Dec 2021

Why donating period products can change girls' lives

Your donation could help provide period products for girls so that they don’t miss out on school and the education that is their right. ...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications

Purity, 13, attends an ActionAid-supported catch-up centre in Kenya, where she is getting the education that is her right. Photo: Esther Sweeney/ActionAid

25 Nov 2021

16 days of Activism: How to get involved

We are closer than ever to the UK Government approving a treaty to end violence and harassment at work. ActionAid Community C...

Esme Roslin-Sprason

Campaigns

Women in Ghana campaigning for ratification of ILO C190. Photo: ActionAid

19 Nov 2021

COP26: The good, the bad and the ugly

COP26 has ended but campaigning for climate justice is far from over. It’s been all over the news but understanding what actually happened can be conf...

Zoë McKendree

Women's Rights Campaigns Specialist

Climate activists Monicah Kamandau from Kenya and Safa Almomani from Jordan at the Global Day of Action march in Glasgow. Photo: ActionAid

8 Nov 2021

How a coalition of government, business and NGOs came together to tackle Covid-19

Thanks to the Hygiene Behaviour Change Coalition (HBCC) - created by Unilever plc and the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office - women like ...

Rebecca Rawle

Corporate Partnerships

Wanja is delighted at the opening of a new water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facility in City Carton, Kenya. Africa Youth Trust/ActionAid

Wanja at the opening of a new water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facility opened in City Carton, an informal settlement in Majengo, in the outskirts of Nairobi (Kenya’s capital). Photo: Africa Youth Trust/ActionAid

5 Nov 2021

COP26 UN Climate Summit: Four women’s climate change groups to support

We are funding four inspiring grassroots activists in their work on climate and gender justice for COP26. Find out more about what these activists are...

Esme Roslin-Sprason

Campaigns

Sarmin, 16, from Bangladesh was married off at a young age after floods hit her village. Fabeha Monir/ActionAid

Sarmin, 16, from Bangladesh was married off at a young age after floods hit her village. Photo: Fabeha Monir/ActionAid

16 Sep 2021

Women by Women: shattering stereotypes of women in front of and behind the lens

ActionAid's second Women by Women photography exhibition shines a spotlight on the incredible - but often overlooked - talent of women photographers. ...

Lola Ayanda

ActionAid Nigeria

Bose Ironsi is the founder and executive director of the Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAHP), a grassroots organisation that provides counselling and legal information for survivors of gender-based violence across Lagos, Nigeria. Photo: Etinosa Yvonne/ActionAid