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ActionAid Speech Competition 2019 prize announced

Photo: Speech Writing Competition winner’s trip to Brussels. Left to right: Gráinne Boylan, Sadbh Boylan, Mairead McGuiness (Vice President of the European Parliament), Juliette O’Donnell, Lisa Wilson (ActionAid Ireland), Séamus Kelly (teacher). ActionAid Ireland has revealed that the prize for

ActionAid Ireland welcomes increase in Overseas Aid budget

ActionAid Ireland welcomes the announcement in today’s budget that spending on Official Development Assistance (ODA) will increase by €110 million reaching 0.39% of Gross National Income (GNI) in 2019. Siobhán McGee, CEO of ActionAid Ireland, said: “This is the most

Press Release: ActionAid responds to Pakistani government’s decision to expel its operations

Press Release: ActionAid responds to Pakistani government’s decision to expel its operations in an attack on civil society and human rights organisations Adriano Campolina, chief executive of ActionAid International, says: “Pakistan’s decision to shut down ActionAid and other International NGOs

Upcoming seminar on ‘Harnessing Behaviour Change to End Gender Based Violence’

Harnessing Behaviour Change to End Gender Based Violence ActionAid Ireland is holding a seminar to share early experiences of applying a Behaviour Change Model to end Gender Based Violence in Ethiopia, Kenya and Nepal. The seminar will take place from

Blog: Agnes Kola, Coordinator of Women’s Rights programme, visits Ireland

Agnes Kola, who is ActionAid’s National Women’s Rights Coordinator in Kenya, visited Ireland in September 2019 to share successes from the work on the ground. Agnes has been instrumental in leading ActionAid’s Women’s Rights Programme in Kenya which is funded

ActionAid will open its doors on Culture Night 2018

On Friday 21st of September ActionAid Ireland will celebrate Culture Night. And so we will open our Dublin city centre office to supporters and friends, as well as to the public. The event is free and open to all between

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