Arsheen Qasim

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.

The destructive desert locust is causing widespread havoc and devastation in East Africa right now, by feeding on vital food crops and pastures, that families already struggling with coronavirus need to survive. 

Find out what a desert locust is, why it’s potentially dangerous and how ActionAid are working on the ground to fight this menace. 

When climate change leads to climate crisis, it’s usually women and girls that struggle to survive and recover from the aftermath. Here are some of their stories. 

Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of floods, and other natural weather-related events that we are witnessing around the world.

Find out how countries can experience both droughts and floods, how they affect people's resilience and capacity to adapt to disasters, and why there is more flooding in the world.

In some countries around the world, families and whole communities celebrate a girl reaching puberty as a coming-of-age occasion. Find out how first periods are acknowledged and celebrated from the UK to Japan.

Education is empowering. That’s why, this International Day of Education, we’re championing every girl’s right to education. Find out why so many girls don’t get to go to school - and the incredible benefits of giving girls the opportunity to study.