How Child Sponsorship is affected by Covid-19

  • Date: 25/06/2020
  • Author: Jo-Ann Ward

Sponsored Child, Shathi (10) from Bangladesh. Photo: Ariful Islam/ActionAid Covid-19 has brought urgent and necessary changes to our Child Sponsorship programme. If you are a Child Sponsor, we know you will be worried about the child your sponsor. We have compiled a list of frequently asked questions below. As Covid-19 spreads, the world’s most vulnerable people.....

Inadequate public services: an invisible injustice against women

  • Date: 23/06/2020
  • Author: Jo-Ann Ward

Photo caption: Nurse giving injection in Uganda. Esther Mbabazi/ActionAid Today – 23rd June – marks United Nations Public Service Day. Siobhán McGee, ActionAid Ireland Chief Executive, explores the links between unpaid care/domestic work, Covid-19 and public services. Care work: Globally, women are more likely to live in poverty than men and are less likely to be.....

How women in India are helping those most vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic

  • Date: 15/06/2020
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

This is a guest blog from Sarika Sinha, Director of Policy Campaigns and Communications, ActionAid India The coronavirus pandemic has brought so much disruption to so many. All over the world, people are having to shift their priorities, to adapt quickly to changing circumstances, to step up and be brave. Bhopal, the city in India.....