ActionAid Ireland welcomes Kenyan Delegation as part of Testimony Tour

  • Date: 19/06/2017
  • Author: Priya Joshi

On 21 June, as part of the AFTER (Against Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting (FGM/C Through Empowerment and Rejection) Project, we welcome a delegation from Kenya as part of the Testimony Tour. The tour aims at sharing the successes and challenges of activists combating FGM/C in their community. We are delighted to have the opportunity to.....

Photo: Jane, 58, from West Pokot, Kenya, is a former cuter who is now part of an ActionAid supported women's group that advocates against FGM. Credit: Jennifer Huxta/ActionAid

Launch: Realising Rights for Women and Children, ActionAid Ireland Strategy

  • Date: 06/06/2017
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

Join ActionAid for the launch of Realising Rights for Women and Children, ActionAid Ireland Strategy 2017 – 2021 on Monday the 12th of June, from 2pm – 4pm in the Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Speakers Speakers include RTE journalist Gavin Jennings who saw ActionAid’s work first hand in Kenya in 2014; Siobhán McGee, CEO ActionAid Ireland; Winifred Ikhine.....

How the change makers need to change

  • Date: 12/05/2017
  • Author: Laura Sullivan

Laura Sullivan, originally from Galway, is ActionAid’s Regional Director for Europe and the Americas and is in Dublin today to speak at the Dóchas Conference 2017, entitled ‘Reclaiming the Story.’ The outpouring of peoples’ calls for radical changes in how politics are done – both from progressive and regressive ends of the spectrum – is.....