Cyclone Fani: What’s happening in India and Bangladesh?
India's largest ever cyclone in decades made landfall on its east coast on 3rd May 2019. Find out key facts about what happened and how ActionAid is helping on the ground.
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House damaged in the Heritage Village at Raghurajpur Bhubaneswar after Cyclone Fani struck India. Photo: ActionAid
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Rani works at a crisis centre in Bhopal, India, giving support to survivors of violence over the phone. Photo: Smita Sharma/ActionAid
The Gauravi One-Stop Crisis Centre
Find out what the Gauravi One-Stop Crisis Centre is and how it helps women and girls who are survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
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Mothers with their new born daughters at Beti Utsav celebration at Bhalswa, New Delhi. Photo: Poulomi Basu/ActionAid
Singer Lucy Rose on stopping the abortions of girls in India
Singer Lucy Rose's new music video 'Nebraska' stars Danny Dyer as a conflicted man coming to terms with how to present himself to the world as who he really is. Around the world pressure from society holds people back - from what we wear to how we are valued by others.
During a recent trip to India with ActionAid, 26-year-old Lucy discovered the catastrophic consequences of girls not being valued as highly as boys. Read her moving account of visiting a celebration of new born girls to find out why this festival is so important for the identity of girls in India.
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Sarina (left) leads an ActionAid women’s group in West Bengal. She helps to train them in domestic violence law, land rights law and leadership. Photo: Nicola Bailey/ActionAid