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Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part seventeen
Time to leave Myanmar. There’s too much to write about, too much to consider, too much to admire, too much to grieve over. This morning we take a bus to Ming Galar don township on the outskirts...
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Emma Thompson
Tuesday, 1 May 2012 - 1:14pm
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Governance

Myanmar

HIV / AIDS

Asia
Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part sixteen
Emma and Joanna Kerr join AA Myanmar's Country Director Shihab when he meets a government minister and in a change of atmosphere they sample the buzz of an Activista youth networking event. Tindy...
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Emma Thompson
Monday, 30 April 2012 - 10:41am
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Emma Thompson

fellows

gay rights

joanna kerr

Governance

Myanmar

Asia
Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part fifteen
Emma's son gets to wander around the magical site of Bagan (Myanmar's answer to Angkor Wat), while Emma and Joanna Kerr head back to the capital for a conference. Feelings of jealousy soon subside as...
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Emma Thompson
Friday, 27 April 2012 - 2:57pm
Aung San Suu Kyi

Emma Thompson

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Governance

Myanmar

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Asia
Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part fourteen
Emma hears how when Khin Lin's bus broke down, so did the self-control of the mainly male passengers. Fortunately, happier times lay ahead.As we walk back Khin Lin tells us about the horrors of her...
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Emma Thompson
Thursday, 26 April 2012 - 2:24pm
Emma Thompson

fellows

joanna kerr

Governance

Myanmar

Womens Rights

Asia
Picture of the week: Vanessa Dziwane
Five-year-old Vanessa Dziwane plays with her friends outside the ActionAid-supported Bwetu Children's Centre nearl Lilongwe in Malawi.
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David San Millán Del Río
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 - 3:58pm
Africa

children

Photo of the week

Picture desk

Education

Malawi
Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part thirteen
In the shade of a medicinal garden, Emma and Jo have an emotional encounter with two women who have risked absolutely everything for their communities.Our next port of call is a quiet place where Jo...
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Emma Thompson
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 - 2:06pm
Emma Thompson

fellows

joanna kerr

Education

Emergencies & Conflict

Governance

Myanmar

Womens Rights

Asia
A historical day in Giriki
The new school here in Giriki is the first ever permanent structure in the area – but it represents more than class rooms, desks and chalk boards.The Government is taking over the running of the...

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Emma Scullion
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 - 10:06am

Africa

Education

Uganda
Social justice, summer heat and the G8!
Earlier this week I was in Washington, DC to visit with staff, Board and partners of ActionAid USA, before heading up to New York to meet with some of the foundations that support ActionAid’s work....
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Joanna Kerr
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 - 9:23am
Climate Change

sustainable agriculture

women smallholder farmers

Food rights

HungerFREE
Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part twelve
Emma discovers that the state of Myanmar has effectively been ruled by the shrewd manipulation of internal ethnic conflict. Without peace-building efforts, the many challenges faced today from...
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Emma Thompson
Tuesday, 24 April 2012 - 1:42pm
Aung San Suu Kyi

Emma Thompson

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Emergencies & Conflict

Governance

Myanmar

Asia
Literacy and learning Outcomes
from The Guardian comment pages: Children in school is not enough – they must learn something there Literacy has become a hot issue in the UK and internationally, with growing outrage that...

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David Archer
Monday, 23 April 2012 - 3:29pm
Kampala blog: tax Incentives: a race to the bottom?
Having been to many African countries, it was strange that I hadn’t made it to Uganda until yesterday. I went to attend the launch of two new reports; “Tax Incentives: A race to the bottom” one on...
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Thomas Johnny
Monday, 23 April 2012 - 11:26am
Africa

tax justice

Tax Justice Network-Africa

Governance

Uganda
Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part eleven
Emma learns about the wide-ranging work of our Activist Fellows and even finds one who sells his hair to finance his activism.The rest of the day is spent learning about everything the Fellows do....
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Emma Thompson
Monday, 23 April 2012 - 10:12am
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Governance

Myanmar

Asia
Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part ten
More than a hundred inspiring and inspired young people gather at the local monastery for a Fellows Conference - but will Tindy get a snog?This jet lag will kill me. Barely slept, even after 25mg of...
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Emma Thompson
Friday, 20 April 2012 - 10:53am
Emma Thompson

fellows

Governance

Myanmar

Asia
A woman goes the extra mile to feed her family due to the food crisis
Neneh Binta Jallow heads her own household in Moriya village in the Niamina East district of the Central River Region (CRR). The village has a population of 31 people living in 8 compounds....

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Awa Njie
Thursday, 19 April 2012 - 3:28pm

activism for the youth rights

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Climate Change

Sahel drought

West Africa food crisis

women smallholder farmers

Emergencies & Conflict

Food rights

HungerFREE
Countryside women in the food crisis
The Activistas are collecting stories from around the Gambia to understand how the food crisis is affecting people. Read the story of the women here:Underprivileged countryside women simply do not...

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Activista The Gambia
Tuesday, 10 April 2012 - 4:43pm

Activista the Gambia

Africa

Sahel drought

West Africa food crisis

Emergencies & Conflict

Gambia

HungerFREE