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8 Dec 2022

Six inexpensive ways to give back at Christmas

Christmas is a time for kindness. Here are our top six ways to give back this Christmas, without breaking the bank - in your community and even around...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications

There are lots of inexpensive ways to give back at Christmas, and get into the giving spirit. Photo: Unsplash

7 Dec 2022

Let women and girls lead: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence is an annual international campaign, which activists observe to amplify their calls for change. Act...

Joanne O’Neill

Senior Advocacy Manager

Dr Kendi Guantai, ActionAid UK’s Chair of Trustees at the Parliamentary event in November. Photo: ActionAid

24 Nov 2022

Why I became an activist - building solidarity with girls globally

As the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence starts, ActionAid Community Campaigner, 20-year-old Sharvari reflects on how she became an ac...

Sharvari Patil

Community Campaigner

Our girl-led research project, designed and carried out by teams in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia and the UK, provides an opportunity to shift power back to girls and express their power to make change. Photo: Maitree Muzumdar/ActionAid

1 Nov 2022

Violence against women: the statistics around the world

Learn about gender-based violence, the statistics and how it affects women and girls from the UK and across the world. You can donate to ActionAid to ...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications

Millicent, a survivor of domestic violence from Uganda. Millicent features in ActionAid's charity Christmas appeal 2022. Photo: Karin Schermbrucker/ActionAid

31 Oct 2022