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Frequently Asked Questions about FGM

Update: 04/11/20 “What is FGM?” Female genital mutilation (FGM) involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The procedure can cause severe bleeding, infection, infertility and even death. FGM can

Event: From child marriage to FGM, how do we tackle deeply rooted behaviours?

What is Behaviour Change? Four years ago, we pioneered a new programme using the Behaviour Change approach. Originally developed by University College London, this approach looks at changing deeply ingrained behaviours. Typically used in the health sector, we are implementing

ActionTalks: students invited to take part in national writing competition

The newly relaunched ActionTalks is now open for entries. A powerful speech can change the world. We are asking young people in Ireland aged 14 to 17 to submit a five-minute speech for our newly relaunched ActionTalks competition. Now in

The best response when the world as we know it is in deep crisis? My answer – join together, work together on our common goals.

Blog by ActionAid Ireland, CEO, Siobhan McGee, originally posted on the Dochas website: https://www.dochas.ie/blog/best-response-when-world-we-know-it-deep-crisis-my-answer-join-together-work-together-our Dochas is the Irish Association of NGOs. Recently, on 22 September 2020, after years in the planning, six NGOs* launched a new alliance – the Irish

18 Irish NGOs sign open letter requesting urgent relocation of young refugees displaced by Moria fire

Members of the Irish public pictured on Sandymount beach in 2015. Today, as the EU publish a new Pact on Asylum and Migration, 18 NGOs from across Ireland, including ActionAid, wrote to Taoiseach Martin and Ministers Coveney, McEntee, O’Gorman and

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The Irish Emergency Alliance: All you need to know

Hazera gets her temperature taken outside ActionAid’s women-friendly space in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Credit: Fabeha Monir/ActionAid

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