Unilever and HBCC coalition
Learn about ActionAid's partnership with Unilever to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Maureen, 25, is part of a local women's group working to raise awareness about Covid-19 and its prevention. Photo: Tommie Ominde/ActionAid
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Happy, 13, goes to a catch-up centre in Malindi, Kenya. She loves learning Kiswahili and wants to grow up to become a tailor or a doctor. Photo: Esther Sweeney/ActionAid
Our Christmas appeal 2021: Why we want to let girls learn
In countries like Kenya where I am from, girls are being held back by poverty and the current Covid-19 pandemic. Right now, it’s imperative that we don’t roll back on years of progress made on girls' education. This Christmas, you can help avert this crisis.
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Wanja at the opening of a new water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facility opened in City Carton, an informal settlement in Majengo, in the outskirts of Nairobi (Kenya’s capital). Photo: Africa Youth Trust/ActionAid
How a coalition of government, business and NGOs came together to tackle Covid-19
Thanks to the Hygiene Behaviour Change Coalition (HBCC) - created by Unilever plc and the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office - women like Wanja can now more easily access water to wash, clean and protect themselves from Covid-19.
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Students at the San Juan Villa Nueva School excitedly write their messages to their sponsors in the UK during Action Aid's annual message collection. Photo: ActionAid
Five ways to celebrate Day of the Girl this year
This International Day of the Girl Child, ActionAid is celebrating girls’ right to education. Find out five ways you can join in this year and help empower girls.
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ActionAid's Covid-19 response in Mozambique. Photo: ActionAid
What the G7 Leaders' Summit meant for women and girls
This weekend, leaders of the G7 met in Cornwall, but what did they really achieve for women's rights?
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ActionAid UK at the Women’s March London 2017. Photo: Alice Whitby/ActionAid
Take a stand this Wednesday for Women
People are coming together for women's rights ahead of this weekend’s G7 summit.
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