Safety, security and access to public services are just some of the problems facing the market workers of Addis Ababa, who struggle to work and live in the city.Tikdem Woldemedhin is a young woman...
Today I’m in Dublin for the 8th World Alliance of Cities against Poverty Forum. This international meeting has brought together over 500 leaders and activists from all around the world, including UN...
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...
Berhane Temesgen is an active member of the woreda 8 community police, a system started three years ago by which communities take up the responsibility to ensure safety and security in their...
It is now well recognized that women and girls around the world face violence, sexual harassment and abuse in many of the spaces that they inhabit – their homes, workplaces, educational institutes,...
We are just a few days away from the opening of the 6th World Urban Forum in Naples, where an ActionAid delegation, together with UN Women, will host an event aimed at bringing attention to the...
To Kecha Oudo, a mother of eight, and thousands of other residents of Saba Boru area the AAE food aid was timely. Having sold all her cattle to buy food after the drought, due to seasonal rain...
ActionAid Ethiopia and its partner Rift Valley Children and Women Development Organization (RCWDO) are distributing relief food to 10,080 drought affected people in Saba Boru woreda in...
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign which takes place yearly from 25 November (International Day Against Violence Against Women) to 10 December (International...
