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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Violence Against Women 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

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Young women: life choices and livelihoods in poor urban India

A scoping study of three cities in India, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai, was conducted to better understand young women’s experiences in urban areas and inform ActionAid India’s intention to launch an

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Making her own choices: young women’s rights in poor urban areas

This programme framework is informed by three country level and international reviews of the literature related to young women, livelihoods and sexual and reproductive health, and empirical research

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From marginalisation to empowerment

The potential of land rights to contribute to gender equality – observations from Guatemala, India and Sierra Leone.For many years, activists have campaigned for women’s rights to access, control, and

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Young Urban Women: Exploring Interlinkages: Bodily Integrity, Economic Security and Equitable Distribution of Unpaid Care Work

ActionAid and its partners have, since 2013, been working to address the issues of bodily integrity and economic security among approximately 5800 young women in the age group of 15- 25 years in seven