Costs of climate inaction: displacement and distress migration
More than 62 million South Asian people will be forced to migrate from their homes due to climate disasters by 2050, according to new research from ActionAid International and Climate Action Network
Fertile Ground: How governments and donors can halve hunger by supporting small farmers
Empowering local farmers to produce more food for local markets is the bedrock of global food security. Small farmers, the majority of whom are women, are responsible for 90 per cent of the food grown
Women and the city
This report uses participatory methods to measure safety developed by a range of organisations in the “safe cities movement” to document the lives of women whose knowledge and views of their urban
Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools - Good practice and lessons learned
This report draws out examples of good practice and lessons learned from the implementation of ActionAid's five year Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools project in Nepal.
Rebuilding Lives; reflections on the experiences of disaster-affected poor people
Rebuilding Lives draws primarily from People’s Reports on violence against women; disaster risk reduction; land rights and adequate housing; and fisheries-based livelihoods in the response to the
Women's Land Rights Project in Guatemala, India, and Sierra Leone: Empowering poor and excluded women and fighting against poverty and hunger through enhanced access to and control over land - Consolidated Baseline Report
The women’s land rights project is being implemented by ActionAid (AA) in Guatemala, India and Sierra Leone in recognition of the hard fact that struggles for women’s land rights have not yet
Fed Up: Now's the Time to Invest in Agroecology
With case study evidence from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia and Pakistan, and citing global studies and surveys, this report argues that agro-ecology – or ecological agriculture – offers tools that
Disaster Risk Reduction in the post-tsunami context
The Indian Ocean tsunami of 26th December 2004 was a disaster of unprecedented magnitude. Across the 12 affected countries in Asia and Africa, more than 230,000 people were reported dead or missing
Homestead housing and adequate land in the post-tsunami context
The Indian Ocean tsunami of 26th December 2004 was a disaster of unprecedented magnitude. Across the 12 affected countries in Asia and Africa, more than 230,000 people were reported dead or missing
Fisheries-based livelihoods in the post-tsunami context
The Indian Ocean tsunami of 26th December 2004 was a disaster of unprecedented magnitude. Across the 12 affected countries in Asia and Africa, more than 230,000 people were reported dead or missing
