Transform systems to avert future humanitarian disasters like in East Africa

  • Date: 13/07/2022
  • Author: Karol Balfe

Right now, 20 million citizens from Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia in East Africa are facing severe hunger due to cumulative effects of different shocks, notably climate change; internal conflicts; the war in Ukraine’s detrimental impact on food and fuel accessibility; the socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; and destructive desert locusts. Communities, and particularly women,.....

New research: Local food and fuel prices more than triple in some of the world’s most at risk communities

  • Date: 06/05/2022
  • Author: Jo-Ann Ward

The cost of food, fuel and fertiliser in some of the world’s poorest communities is soaring. Families are spending double, triple and in some cases nearly four times what they were paying before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, new analysis by ActionAid finds. The average cost of wheat products like pasta has increased by more than.....

Women by Women

  • Date: 13/04/2022
  • Author: Jo-Ann Ward

Women by Women, a unique photography exhibition that celebrates female trailblazers and the incredible talent of women photographers around the world, is currently touring Dublin. Current dates and locations: Rathmines Library: 12th May to 12th June 2022. Ballyfermot Library: 12th June to July 4th 2022. Cabra Library: 4th July – 29th July 2022. Third Space.....