International youth practitioners and young participants have become increasingly frustrated with the ineffectiveness of youth forum spaces.It’s a challenge.How do you make the youth voice heard and...
A two-year girl smiles at me in the aisle as the plane touched down in Herat, Western Afghanistan. She is charming and sweet, her smile is innocent, but the realities for women in Afghanistan make me...
After an hour and a half on Dhaka’s crowded roads where the kamikaze bus driver is king, I reach Chanpara slum in Roopgong, just outside of the Bangladeshi capital.The corrugated iron huts are home...
The sugar industry is crucial to the regional economy of Western Kenya. The livelihoods of many poor out-growers depend upon it. This is the story of how SUCAM, a ‘campaign of ideas’ became a hugely...
The sugar industry is crucial to the regional economy of Western Kenya. The livelihoods of many poor out-growers depend upon it. This is the story of how SUCAM, a ‘campaign of ideas’ became a hugely...
What an amazing Friday night in! No need for makeup, no high heeled shoes and luckily no little black dress…..I suspect it no longer fits anyway! Last Friday night I participated in an international...
This edition captures stories of innovative campaigning work from India to The Gambia, from Ghana to the USA, as well as creative approaches to accountability, mobilisation and transformation in...
This issue reflects some of the events that shaped education in 2007: a critical year as it marked the midway point to achieving the Education For All targets set for 2015. There are signs of hope,...
The 2011 edition of Education Action brings news of ActionAid's education projects from around the world, including: an in-depth presentation of Promoting Rights in Schools, an exciting new...
This edition begins with an article on a fascinating collaborative research project, which examined the role and influence of parents and teachers on children's learning outcomes in primary schools...
