At ActionAid Ireland, we work passionately every day on the human rights, skills, capacity and potential of the hardest-to-reach women and girls.
We work in this unique way because, even though they face the greatest dangers and barriers, women and girls are also the most effective deliverers of progress for their families, their communities, and even for their countries.
Alongside them, we also campaign to reform the unjust social, political and economic systems that keep people locked in poverty and inequality.
We don’t look away. We act.
Our mission is to support the leadership and agency of women and girls who are excluded and live in poverty. We work across four main areas to:
In everything we do, we ensure that the decision– making and power remains with local communities, so that knowledge grows and solutions last.
That’s because local women and girls are the ultimate experts in their own lives. They have the lived experience and wisdom to identify the key problems and barriers they face – and to develop the smartest, lasting solutions.
We are part of a globally-powerful federation of 71 member countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. This means greater influence, greater expertise, greater sharing of resources, and greater impacts in more locations of greatest need.
We act to ensure that power and decision-making shifts to the Global South – that’s why we are headquartered in South Africa. And all ActionAid offices in the Global South have local leadership and are deeply rooted in those countries.
Image: Women in Kerala show their resilience as they rebuild their community following devastating flooding. Image: ActionAid India.
Good governance and transparency are fundamental to our work. We have achieved the “triple-lock” award of good governance and reporting standards from Charities Institute Ireland.
Read about our financesWe have a small but mighty team leading our work in Ireland across governance, programmes, policy, communications, and fundraising.
Read about our teamPlease note that we do not send volunteers overseas. This is because we prefer to hire and train local talent in the countries we work in.
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Heading image: Juliet Tumwesigue (pictured in yellow) is based in Imvepi refugee settlement in Uganda. She is the Chair of the Community Transformation Agenda (COTA), a community-based women-led organisation and ActionAid’s partner in Imvepi refugee settlement. In her interview, Juliet discusses the main challenges women and girls living in the refugee settlement face, including accessing essential items such as food, soap and sanitary products, an education and livelihoods support. She tells us that she was inspired by the idea of supporting local women and young people to become resilient through sustainable livelihoods, and this is why she set up COTA. Here, she is surrounded by the women and girls she supports through the project. Photo by Esther Mbabazi /ActionAid
