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Financing education

This page outlines the way that ActionAid works to finance education around the world.

People protesting for education funding

190 organisations join our call for increased funding for education post-Covid

On 28th July 2020 ActionAid convened a ground-breaking webinar on the domestic financing of education beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. You can view the full recoding of the webinar and read the call to

Photo of a nine year old c=girl called Sumaiya doing her homework
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Covid-19 lockdown and school closures force girls into early marriage

Manisha’s story is one of 256 cases of early marriages reported in the state of Odisha during lockdown.

Schoolchildren in India have been affected by Covid-19 school closures

Tax pays for schools

This project led to the mobilisation of local people claiming something in return for their tax payments - namely education.