On 14th June 2010, EU ministers approved the long awaited EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development for 2010-2015 (GAP).The EU set about writing the plan back in...
When she talks about pineapples, Gertrude Kadzo looks wistful. It is only with hindsight that the 37-year-old farmer from Kenya’s Dakatcha Woodlands realises just how good they were to her.
Uganda’s women are standing up to domestic violence, with support from ActionAid. Nazziwa was just 13 when she was married and had endured many brutal beatings at the hands of her husband. Despite...
The role of women in the mining community of Kilepo Kanweaken, one of the most violent areas in the Southeast of Liberia, has risen dramatically thanks to the work of ActionAid.
For women like 28 year old Fudia Conteh , a mother of three living in Kathirie village, life has long been about a struggle against the dominance of men.
On November 30th 2010, Nazziwa Annette was attacked by her husband, Douglas Ssempija. He used a machete to cut off her arms in front of their infant daughter and Nazziwa's mother.
