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22 Feb 2019

Why Netflix’s ‘Period. End of Sentence.’ should be on your watch list

Netflix's new documentary 'Period. End of Sentence.' is up for an Oscar; here's why it is essential viewing that proves the transformative power of en...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications

Netflix's 'Period. End of Sentence.' highlights the period shaming that affects women and girls in India. Photo: Netflix
19 Feb 2019

London Fashion Week and the violent side of fashion

With London Fashion Week coming to a close and Milan Fashion Week about to begin, ActionAid looks at the mountain of human rights abuses that garment ...

Jess Midwinter

News team

ActionAid works to help end the abuse of human rights in fast fashion. Photo: ActionAid
29 Jan 2019

Girls worry about sexual harassment ‘every day’

New research by ActionAid highlights the impact of sexual harassment and misogyny on women and girls around the world, with some girls as young as 14 ...

Charlotte Clarke

News team

Girls club in Kenya. The group meets regularly to discuss gender specific challenges and learn about their rights . Photo: Sheldon Moultrie/ActionAid
21 Jan 2019

How better classrooms are changing girls’ education

All over the world, girls are missing out on the education they deserve, simply because of classroom conditions. Poor-quality classrooms can be damp, ...

Deborah Benbrook

Retention Specialist

Amina is a pupil at an ActionAid-supported school in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: ActionAid
14 Jan 2019

How ActionAid tackles trafficking

With last week marking Human Trafficking awareness day, and the launch of a UN report on trafficking, we reflect on the ways ActionAid is tackling thi...

Jess Midwinter

News team

The trafficking of women and girls is an extreme human rights abuse and, shockingly, it is not uncommon. Photo: ActionAid
30 Nov 2018

How netball changed Ugandan star Peace Proscovia's life

ActionAid has been working with the England and Uganda netball teams to promote our work ending violence against women and girls living in poverty. Ah...

Peace Proscovia playing for the UK-based Loughborough Lightning netball squad. Photo: Loughborough University

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