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First Empowerment Path to End FGM draws to a close in Cork

Since 1st March 2017, ActionAid has been conducting Empowerment Paths in Kinsale Direct Provision Centre in County Cork. Empowerment Paths are workshops based on ActionAid’s REFELCT Action approach. The aim of the programme has been empowerment and rejection of FGM.

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ActionAid Ireland Strategy Launch

Students Abigail (L) and Purity (R) in their dormitory in West Pokot, Kenya. Photographer’s Credit Ashley Hamer /ActionAid Meet Abigail and Purity These two girls are 14 years old. As you can see they’re friends, they’re from Kongelai in west

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Event: Irish premiere of Girls From Earth

Join ActionAid Ireland for the Irish premiere of Girls From Earth this Sunday 25th June at 4pm in Filmbase, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. This powerful new documentary explores the impact of female genital mutilation (FGM) through the eyes two young

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ActionAid Ireland welcomes Kenyan Delegation as part of Testimony Tour

On 21 June, as part of the AFTER (Against Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting (FGM/C Through Empowerment and Rejection) Project, we welcome a delegation from Kenya as part of the Testimony Tour. The tour aims at sharing the successes and

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Launch: Realising Rights for Women and Children, ActionAid Ireland Strategy

Join ActionAid for the launch of Realising Rights for Women and Children, ActionAid Ireland Strategy 2017 – 2021 on Monday the 12th of June, from 2pm – 4pm in the Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Speakers Speakers include RTE

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How the change makers need to change

Laura Sullivan, originally from Galway, is ActionAid’s Regional Director for Europe and the Americas and is in Dublin today to speak at the Dóchas Conference 2017, entitled ‘Reclaiming the Story.’ The outpouring of peoples’ calls for radical changes in how

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