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Women Rising event on July 9, discussing the global fight to end FGM, featuring speakers from ActionAid.
Event- “Women Rising: the Global Fight to End FGM”

Please join us on Thursday 9th July from 13:00-14:00 for this online lunchtime discussion. The United Nations Population Fund has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to an extra 2 million girls worldwide undergoing FGM in the next decade.

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Two smiling girls, one by a coastal landscape and the other in front of a textured wall, showcasing different settings.
Video: Two students come out on top in the 2020 ActionAid Speech Writing Competition National Final

Photo (L-R): Tara McLaughlin and Edel Colgan Tara McLaughlin, a student at The Grammar School in Co Sligo and Edel Colgan, a student at St Leo’s College in Co Carlow won the 2020 ActionAid Speech Writing Competition. The final, held

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Community leader addresses group outdoors, wearing mask and red vest, holding paper, in front of rustic building.
New ActionAid report shows a huge spike in gender-based violence during Covid-19

Photo: local women lead ActionAid’s Covid-19 response. Photo credit: Etinosa Yvone/ActionAid Global lockdowns and coronavirus restrictions have unleashed a shocking surge in gender-based violence (GBV) in countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, as women’s shelters

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Smiling girl in white hijab and orange dress making a heart shape with hands in front of a rustic doorway.
How Child Sponsorship is affected by Covid-19

Sponsored Child, Shathi (10) from Bangladesh. Photo: Ariful Islam/ActionAid Covid-19 has brought urgent and necessary changes to our Child Sponsorship programme. If you are a Child Sponsor, we know you will be worried about the child your sponsor. We have

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Healthcare worker administering vaccine to a woman, highlighting vaccination efforts.
Inadequate public services: an invisible injustice against women

Photo caption: Nurse giving injection in Uganda. Esther Mbabazi/ActionAid Today – 23rd June – marks United Nations Public Service Day. Siobhán McGee, ActionAid Ireland Chief Executive, explores the links between unpaid care/domestic work, Covid-19 and public services. Care work: Globally, women

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How women in India are helping those most vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic

This is a guest blog from Sarika Sinha, Director of Policy Campaigns and Communications, ActionAid India The coronavirus pandemic has brought so much disruption to so many. All over the world, people are having to shift their priorities, to adapt

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