Women's Leadership in Resilience
Changing weather patterns and rising temperatures are increasing the likelihood and severity of disasters, while the risks of violent conflict, human and animal epidemics, environmental degradation
50 Million People Trapped in Modern Slavery
A recent UN report ‘Global Estimates of Modern Slavery’ which shows that the number of people trapped in forced labour and forced marriage have increased significantly in the last five years to an
Covid-19: A women-led response
ActionAid research shows how lockdowns and coronavirus restrictions have unleashed a shocking surge in gender-based violence globally.
But while violence is rising, women’s shelters are being shut
Whose City?
Some successful and innovative ways that women’s rights, social justice and civil society organisations influence and work with governments to improve women’s urban safety.
Protecting the grass under elephants
To mark International Day of Rural Women, Fletcher Simwaka, communications officer at ActionAid Malawi, makes the case for a strong, gender-just binding UN treaty to ensure transnational companies
Why ActionAid is working to tackle modern slavery
Attention must be dedicated to upholding human rights in the world of work.
ActionAid calls for a feminist response to corporate abuse as new report exposes persecution and mistreatment of women in four communities
• A new report from ActionAid reveals shocking corporate abuse of women from communities in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Guatemala.
• The report, released ahead of the 8th session of negotiations of
“Increasingly difficult to bridge the divide”: ActionAid reflects on six months into the humanitarian response to Ukraine crisis
Six months since Russia invaded Ukraine, five of ActionAid’s humanitarian aid workers reflect on their experiences working with refugees in and around Ukraine.
Protection for women and children
Stop Violence Against Girls in School
A lack of knowledge about violence against girls has hindered efforts to stop it. ActionAid’s 2013 Stop Violence Against Girls in School report is one of the first comprehensive studies to provide
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
