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Emergencies

  • Rasal and her mum arrive in Moria camp in Lesvos, Greece

    Rasal and her mum arrive in Moria camp in Lesvos, Greece. Photo: Karin Schermbrucker/ActionAid

    Refugee and displacement crises

    Posted 3 July 2017

    Find out about the forced global displacement of people around the world and why it happens. Human-made and climate-related disasters, armed conflict, and violations of human rights has resulted in millions of people fleeing their homes and seeking refuge elsewhere.

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  • Woman leader Luijah directs an ActionAid food distribution for people suffering from drought in Kenya

    Woman leader Luijah directs an ActionAid food distribution project for people suffering from drought in Kenya. Photo: Alice Oldenburg/ActionAid

    Protecting women’s rights in emergencies

    Posted 27 April 2017

    We call for women’s leadership to be recognised and urge renewed commitment to promote a humanitarian architecture that advances and protects women’s rights.

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  • Siba, 19, from Syria, receives a sanitary kit in the women's safe space in Kara Tepe. . Photo: Anna Pantelia/ActionAid

    Periods in humanitarian disasters

    Posted 20 April 2017

    Find out about period poverty during humanitarian crises, and how ActionAid refugees to access menstrual products and end period poverty.

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  • Malati, a women’s rights coordinator for ActionAid Nepal, addresses local women in Panga after the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal. Photo: Srikanth Kolari/ActionAid

    Earthquakes in Nepal 2015

    Posted 11 April 2017

    Find out about the 2015 Nepal earthquake, its magnitude, damage, death toll, and how ActionAid helped to save lives.

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  • A health worker washes their hands in chlorine water in Gollu, Sierra Leone. Photo: Kate Holt/ActionAid

    Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa 2014-16

    Posted 5 April 2017

    Learn about the Ebola virus, how ActionAid responded to the Ebola virus crisis in West Africa 2014-16, and how we helped during the 2019 Ebola outbreak in DRC.

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  • Women leaders from an ActionAid partner organisation in Haiti distribute emergency kits after Hurricane Matthew. Photo: ActionAid

    Hurricane Matthew in Haiti 2016

    Posted 30 March 2017

    Hurricane Matthew in Haiti 2016: how was the country affected and how did ActionAid respond?

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