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21 May 2020

How is Covid-19 affecting girls around the world?

The coronavirus pandemic is not a great equaliser as some have claimed. Find out how it has increased the burden of care, given rise to violence and w...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications

All over the world, girls' rights are at risk due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: ActionAid

20 May 2020

My story: A feminist and mum under lockdown

ActionAid’s Lee Webster discusses how she juggles her work on women's rights and being a mum during the coronavirus lockdown....

Lee Webster

International Development Policy and Practice

Apart from working for ActionAid, I also run home school for my four-year-old son, Zac, during the lockdown. Photo: Lee Webster/ActionAid UK

15 May 2020

Why Covid is a catastrophe in densely-packed places

Imagine trying to stay six feet apart in a refugee camp or a slum. Find out how coronavirus crisis is a catastrophe in the most densely populated plac...

Arsheen Qasim

Digital Communications

Covid-19 can be a catastrophe in densely-packed places around the world. Photo: ActionAid

7 May 2020

How are Muslims observing Ramadan during the coronavirus crisis?

Ramadan during the coronavirus pandemic is looking very different for Muslims around the world, and those with very little to begin with will suffer t...

Abdul Shiil

ActionAid UK Trustee

Muslim children of Gujjar community reads Quran at Maswari madarsa in India. Photo: Raul Irani Kirmani/ActionAid

6 May 2020

Coronavirus: how does women’s leadership make a difference in a crisis?

In the world’s poorest countries, the leadership of women at a grassroots local level will save lives during the coronavirus crisis. Find out why. ...

Anna Parke

Head of Research and Programme Policy, Humanitarian Team

In Nigeria, members of the Community Action Response Team are conducting house-to-house visits to increase awareness about Covid-19 and hygiene practice. Photo: ActionAid

1 May 2020

Covid: How misinformation can be fatal

Myths about the spread of global health phenomena are not new. They are a common occurrence and have existed for a long time, but in the age of social...

Arsheen Qasim

Digital Communications

ActionAid volunteer facilitator, Hawa conducts an Ebola awareness session in Sierra Leone in 2014. Photo: ActionAid

How is Covid-19 affecting girls around the world?

My story: A feminist and mum under lockdown

Why Covid is a catastrophe in densely-packed places

How are Muslims observing Ramadan during the coronavirus crisis?

Coronavirus: how does women’s leadership make a difference in a crisis?

Covid: How misinformation can be fatal

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