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Louise O’Neill – Why Women’s Rights?

ActionAid Ireland is an international aid charity fighting for women’s rights, social justice and an end to poverty. Over the coming weeks, we will publish a regular guest blog by influential women in Ireland, on the topic “Why Women’s Rights?”

Impact of Covid-19 Worldwide

ActionAid is adapting its programmes to ensure the most vulnerable aren’t left behind as it responds to Covid-19 worldwide. The whole world is grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic. And the shadow-pandemic, which has seen all types of violence against women

A Covid-19 vaccine must be available to everyone

A Rohingya woman washes her hands in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo credit: Fabeha Monir/ActionAid A globally accessible and affordable Covid-19 vaccine is the only way to end the pandemic. But if vaccines are only available to wealthy individuals

What steps can we take to eradicate FGM in Ireland?

Background Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is internationally recognised as a gross violation of human rights and a form of gender-based violence. According to the Central Statistics Office, 5,790 women and girls in Ireland are FGM survivors, and there are an

Applying behavioural science to reduce gender-based violence within international development

Dr. Paul Chadwick and Triona Pender describe an academic-NGO partnership to apply behavioural science frameworks to reducing gender-based violence in Kenya, Nepal and Ethiopia Violence against women and girls is a global problem with one in three women experiencing violence

childrights, humanrights, taxjustice

Submission: UN to examine whether Irish tax policy harms children in lower income countries

Caption: Eunice, 15, (right) and Millicent, 16, (centre) from Ghana were given bikes by ActionAid. This helps them travel to school safely. They used to walk for two to three hours to reach school. Due to Ireland’s tax policy, profits generated in Ghana are

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