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ActionAid petitions Irish Government to End FGM by 2030

To mark International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, ActionAid launched a public petition to urge the Government of Ireland to commit to ending FGM in Ireland by 2030. We received almost 10,500 signatures. The support for this call has

Stuck in limbo: The Rohingya Refugee Crisis three years on

By Faria Rashid, advocacy coordinator at ActionAid Bangladesh, and Etienne Berges, policy and advocacy adviser at ActionAid Myanmar. Heavy monsoon rains are pounding the Rohingya refugee camps at Cox’s Bazar, flooding the crowded settlement and destroying makeshift homes. It is

ActionAid raises Beirut explosion to ‘Orange Alert’

An explosion in Beirut, Lebanon has caused widespread damage across the capital, killing at least 163 people, injuring thousands, and leaving hundreds of thousands people homeless. The ActionAid Federation has declared this an Orange Alert. We are on the ground in Beirut working with local partners

Coffee Morning to celebrate our Child Sponsors!

Samjana (7), a Sponsored Child in Nepal. Photo credit: Bahadur Sadaya and Ramlal Chaudhary/ActionAid Nepal We in ActionAid Ireland are excited to host our first virtual coffee morning on Wednesday, 19th of August at 10 am. For our first, we want

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ActionAid responds to the devastating blast in Beirut

ActionAid is shocked and saddened by the horrific explosion in Beirut and our thoughts are with those affected. With at least 100 people dead within hours and thousands more injured, we expect the death toll will rise and the devastating

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“All we want is a job” How the Covid-19 pandemic is taking away women’s livelihoods

For the world’s poorest people, livelihoods have disappeared overnight. Find out how informal workers are struggling with no jobs, no income and no food as the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll. “People die from coronavirus but we will die from

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