Coronavirus

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 this has led to a surge in a danger just as profound as the virus: domestic violence.

Coronavirus has swept the globe since November 2019 and continues to affect millions of people around the world. Find out how the world's poorest people are suffering the worst consequences of this pandemic and how ActionAid is responding to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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 of us around the world, but women and girls living in poverty will be even more severely affected. Find out what consequences this outbreak could have for women and girls worldwide.

Find out who the Rohingya refugees are, what the Rohingya refugee crisis is about, and what is happening in Myanmar 's Rakhine State and refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar.

Find out about Brazil: facts, statistics and ActionAid's charity work supporting people across Brazil.

As the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan deepens, ActionAid's work to protect the most vulnerable is more urgent than ever. Find out more facts and information about Afghanistan.