Covid-19 – looking beyond our shores

  • Date: 15/04/2020
  • Author: Jo-Ann Ward

Photo credit: Karin Schermbrucker/ActionAid Siobhán McGee, Chief Executive, ActionAid Ireland wrote a Letter to the Editor which featured in the 15th April edition of The Irish Times. It is available online and below. Sir, – I write in response to the piece by Michelle Murphy of Social Justice Ireland (“Coronavirus – time for a new.....

A note from ActionAid Ireland on COVID-19

  • Date: 23/03/2020
  • Author: Jo-Ann Ward

Dear supporters and friends, Greetings to you and yours from all of us in ActionAid Ireland. I am reaching out to you in what are very uncertain times for all of us. Since the end of last week, the team at ActionAid Ireland are working remotely as is required in our effort to mitigate against.....

ActionAid submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on gender equality

  • Date: 16/03/2020
  • Author: Jo-Ann Ward

The Citizens’ Assembly on gender equality was established in July 2019 to bring forward proposals to the Houses of the Oireachtas to advance gender equality in Ireland. This presents an opportunity to radically restructure our society for the better and create transformative change for women and girls, as well as men and boys. ActionAid’s submission.....