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26 May 2021

Would you give a tampon or pad to a stranger who needed one?

We asked whether you’d give a tampon or a pad to someone—anyone—who needed one… even if it was a total stranger in the loo. The results were definitiv...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications

#ShareABetterPeriod, this Menstrual Hygiene Day! Photo: ActionAid

25 May 2021

Can we eradicate hunger and poverty without causing climate change?

Can we address hunger and eradicate poverty without the necessary rapid economic development usually required? Does the human pursuit of economic pro...

Rachid Boumnijel

Humanitarian Team

A house in a floating village in Pursat, Cambodia. The village also has a food processing station and a floating garden. Photo: Angkor Films/ActionAid

12 May 2021

How Covid-19 is affecting child sponsorship during Ramadan

ActionAid's child sponsorship officers who work with children and local communities around the world discuss how Ramadan is different during the Covid...

Arsheen Qasim

Digital Communications

34-year-old Robaba is washing her children's hands and training them in washing techniques. Photo: Mubaraka Hussaini/ActionAid

4 May 2021

Why the G7 must prioritise gender equality

This year's G7 is an important opportunity for leaders to increase finance for women's rights organisations, and give women and girls a seat at the de...

Joanne O’Neill

Senior Advocacy Manager

Members of the Sauti Ya Wanawake women's network in Kenya, who fight for women's rights in their community. Photo: ActionAid

26 Apr 2021

One year on: How I will be spending Ramadan during the ongoing Covid pandemic

One year on since the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, Muslims around the world are marking another Ramadan quietly. Find out how ActionAid's Tanbina Ch...

Tanbina Choudhury

Philanthropy and Partnerships

31-year-old Nilufa and her daughter Tasfia received food packages from ActionAid when the Covid-19 pandemic hit Bangladesh. Photo: Bishu Chakraborty/ActionAid

14 Apr 2021

Earth Day: 8 ways to fight climate change

Find out what Earth Day on 22nd April is about, and see how you can fight climate change and make a difference to the planet and its people with some ...

Arsheen Qasim

Digital Communications

Halwo is a farmer in Somaliland affected by climate change and the repeated cycle droughts. Photo: Daniel Jukes

Would you give a tampon or pad to a stranger who needed one?

Can we eradicate hunger and poverty without causing climate change?

How Covid-19 is affecting child sponsorship during Ramadan

Why the G7 must prioritise gender equality

One year on: How I will be spending Ramadan during the ongoing Covid pandemic

Earth Day: 8 ways to fight climate change

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