Voices of impact: celebrating global women’s rights through connection and action

  • Date: 06/06/2025
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

Join us for a powerful and inspiring evening as we celebrate the impact of the Women’s Rights Programme, supported by Irish Aid, Ireland’s official programme for overseas development. Date and time: 19 June 2025, 6:00 PM.Location: Academy Plaza Hotel, 10-14 Findlater Place, off Upper O’Connell St, Dublin 1. This special event will spotlight the voices.....

Gender justice over corporate profits: a gender analysis of the Omnibus Proposal

  • Date: 04/06/2025
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

In April 2024, the European Union adopted an ambitious and important legislation: the Corporate Due Diligence Duty (CSDDD), aimed to hold large EU-companies accountable for the implementation of human rights and environmental due diligence.  However, in February 2025, in the name of a so-called “urgent simplification”, the European Commission published an omnibus proposal attacking the.....

Period poverty, menstrual products

Period Poverty is a national and global stain. So why are we still silent?

  • Date: 28/05/2025
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

Imagine missing school or work because you cannot afford a tampon or a menstrual pad. Imagine bleeding into newspaper or rags because there’s nothing else to use when your period arrives. Now imagine doing this while living in a like Gaza — under constant bombardment, in a freezing tent, without clean underwear, soap, water, or.....