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24 Mar 2021

Covid-19: a year on, women's rights have been set back

Women’s History Month is usually a time to celebrate women's rights movements, and renew our efforts to advance women's rights. This Women's History M...

Anne Quesney

Senior Women's Rights Advocacy Adviser

Francisca, 29, has received support from ActionAid following conflict in Mozambique during the pandemic. Photo: ActionAid
19 Mar 2021

8 weird and wonderful facts you didn’t know about cycling

Whether you're a roadie, newbie, Boris biker, a fixed-gear freestyler or a Shoreditch hipster cyclist - here are some fun facts that you probably didn...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications

Theresa (left) and her friends were given bikes by ActionAid so they could travel to school safely in northern Ghana. Photo: ActionAid
18 Mar 2021

“Until women are safe”: how ending violence is possible

The events of this month have awakened a conversation on how to stem the tide of violence and harassment that women face on a daily basis. We must tak...

Lee Webster

International Development Policy and Practice

Maureen, 22, is a member of a women's network working to end violence against women in Kenya. Photo: ActionAid
17 Mar 2021

World Water Day: everything you should know

On World Water Day, we explore the unavoidable link between water and climate change. Find out when it is and what it means to mark this important day...

Arsheen Qasim

Digital Communications

Children in Pursat, Cambodia travel to school on boats during the wet season. Photo: Cindy Liu/ActionAid
5 Mar 2021

Turning the tide on climate crisis in Cambodia

For some people perhaps climate change is still an invisible notion, its potential, material repercussions maybe not real enough to see just yet. B...

Eng Samphy

ActionAid Cambodia

An aerial view of Kampong Kneas village, Pursat province, Cambodia. Photo: Cindy Liu/ActionAid
22 Jan 2021

10 ways to protect education for the Covid-19 generation

Education must not be a casualty of the Covid-19 crisis. Millions of children around the world are being affected by the coronavirus crisis and we ne...

Arsheen Qasim

Digital Communications

8-year-old Krijana learnt all about the coronavirus through radio programmes in Nepal. Photo: Umesh Nepali/ActionAid

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