Humanitarian Policy Specialist
It has been 25 years since the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the foundational document of the Women, Peace & Security (WPS) agenda. WPS emerged from a bold feminist demand: women must not be invisible in war or in peace, so what impact has it made over the last quarter of a century?
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Uzala (centre) and other members of a women farmers' group in Bangladesh. Photo: Fabeha Monir/ActionAid
Learn about the global cost of living crisis, the statistics and how it is affecting communities comparatively around the world.
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Women Peace Security delegation including ActionAid staff in New York. Photo: ActionAid
On the anniversary of UN's resolution on women, peace and security, we explore the crucial role women play in peace negotiations, humanitarian response and redevelopment after conflicts and emergencies.
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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
ActionAid staff, partners and volunteers report live from border crossing towns as people flee Ukraine. Learn more about the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal and what ActionAid and partners are doing.
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Mai, 19, a member of ActionAid Kenya’s Young Urban Women Project, has also received support from ActionAid as part of our coronavirus response. Photo: ActionAid
Five years on from the first Grand Bargain meeting, what progress has been made, and what still needs to change?
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Lucina, in the largest market place in the region of Jacmel - Cap Rouge, promoting safe hygiene practices during the Covid-19 sanitary health alert. Photo: ActionAid
Find out more about women's leadership in crises and why it's so crucial right now.
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