Blog

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....

14 Jun 2018

Why stigma makes periods even more painful

Period stigma and shame can be found everywhere but an extreme form of period shaming called Chhaupadi is stilkl practiced in parts of Nepal....

Himaya Quasem

Communications team

Girls like 14-year-old Geeta in Nepal face being banished from home every month when they have their period - an extreme form of period shaming. Photo: Poulomi Basu/ActionAid

1 Jun 2018

Lauren Layfield: "Why I talk openly about my period"

TV presenter Lauren Layfield wants to normalise the way we talk about periods. So to celebrate Menstrual Hygiene Day, she discusses the impact of peri...

Lauren Layfield

TV presenter

Presenter Lauren Layfield tells us why talking about periods is so important. Photo: ActionAid

31 May 2018

What's the link between period poverty and violence?

Find out how period poverty is affecting women and girls around the world - including the shocking links between period poverty and violence that migh...

Find out about the link between period poverty and violence, affecting girls like Lavender. Photo: ActionAid