ActionAid is providing counselling to help new mothers cope with the trauma of giving birth during and after the violence, as psychologists report a rise in postpartum depression .
Women and girls in Haiti are facing a rising tide of gender-based violence (GBV) triggered by the country’s ongoing political crisis, deteriorating security, rising poverty and Covid-19 restrictions.
Kahaso Charo, 60, is a farmer who has lived near Garithe in Kenya’s Salt Belt since 2015. Her once fertile farmland is now being polluted by the salt mining company, Kurawa Salt, which recently moved
As of January 2021, over 8 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Brazil. Over 200,000 people have lost their lives to the virus, and millions more face challenges including loss of
More than 2,400 people are locked in a legal battle with a salt mining company. The Garithe community in Kenya’s Marereni Salt Belt are fighting for their right to continue living and working on
Villagers from Garithe In Kenya's Marereni Salt Belt are fighting for their right to continue living and working on nearly 800 acres of land they have farmed for generations. Dickson Kenga, a palm
Our local teams have already reached 25 million people across 40 countries, but this crisis is far from over.
More than 2,400 villagers from the Garithe community in Kenya’s Marereni Salt Belt, are fighting for their right to continue living on 800 acres of their ancestral land which they have lived and
ActionAid is one of seven environmental and human rights organisations, led by Friends of the Earth Netherlands, taking legal action against Shell to demand it reduces its emissions in line with
As Shell faces climate charges in Dutch court, activists in the Niger Delta speak out about the fossil fuel giant’s devastating impact on their communities.
