Even now, I feel like I’m still inside the debris, amongst the heaped dead bodies and buzzing flies. Hearing the screams of the survivors, the screeching of the industrial machinery lifting away...
Ever seen a laughter flashmob? ActionAid and friends took it to the streets last weekend to promote our amazing all-woman comedy gala on Thursday May 9th 2013. You can get tickets to this event,...
I hear wailing horn of the ambulance losing to sirens from a heavy jeep hoisting the flag of Bangladesh and being escorted by special order protocol men carrying walky-talkies, dust masks and khaki...
Though Margaret Thatcher is no longer among the living, her ideology lives on. That ideology – known today as neoliberalism, or “free market fundamentalism” in a phrase coined by George Soros – is...
This blog was written by Matheus Bizarria, an Activista from ActionAid BrazilYesterday I was surprised to learn that my 16 year old cousin, always very quiet and calm, had been suspended from school...
ActionAid and the NGO community this week celebrated the launch of the inaugural annual report for the Australian-African Community Engagement Scheme (AACES), which showcases some promising...
One of the women who impressed us most on our visit to Kenya last year was Susan Apua, a 36 year old smallholder farmer. She’s a mother of six who also had to adopt six more children when her husband...
You may remember that last year, we invited you to support our Keep Girls in School campaign by writing a postcard to a girl in Ghana. Your response was tremendous; we received almost 400 postcards...
Saleha has spent most of her long life fighting for women's rights in her small community on the island of Char Montaz, Bangladesh. She's built a school by foraging for tin and planks with her group...
International Women’s Day is upon us and across the country events are taking place that are both in celebration of women’s gains and simultaneously a stocktake of the status of women and the...
