What are people saying about @ActionAidRwanda?Tweets about "#AARwanda"// Supporting communities to claim their rights is one of the most important aspects of ActionAid's work. That involves not only...
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...
International Women’s Day is a time of celebration, when activists, feminists and women’s movements appreciate the many advances that we have helped to bring about worldwide.In many ways, the world...
Wow, what a meeting and what an opportunity to talk about our work on safe cities for women and girls around the world! This week I’m in New York for the 57th Commission on the Status of Women.Over...
If you survive the two hours standing in line to get your pass and go through the security check, you’d be forgiven for thinking “that’s the first and last time I come to CSW”.As you enter the venue...
Seven helicopters swarm in the hot Nairobi air - about 70,000 throats shouts and sings at Kenya's National Stadium and in Uhuru Park underneath. Activista Member Collins Odhiambo came to visit both...
A few hundred Muslim women have their arms in the air as they sing, "Sophia is our leader." Men are standing in the background talking quietly. Sophia Abdi Noor has come to Ijara in Northeastern...
ActionAid has produced a new report Sweet Nothings which has thrown a spotlight on the tax practices of one of the world's largest multinationals Associated British Foods. Findings that it has...
Female students in Liberia face some real challenges at university – simply because they are female.As our new report 'Women and City II' highlights, they are some of the most mobile of young women,...
One of the most common questions that I’m asked when discussing our work in countries is are you able to travel safely within the country? Every time, I tell my friends and family that I’m...
