Protecting women’s rights in emergencies
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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Policy and research
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Woman leader Luijah directs an ActionAid food distribution project for people suffering from drought in Kenya. Photo: Alice Oldenburg/ActionAid
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Garment workers supported by ActionAid campaigning for respect of labour laws in Bangladesh. Photo: Nicola Bailey/ActionAid
Women’s economic rights
How policy-makers can address the root causes of women's economic inequality to ensure women can have good jobs without carrying the burden of unpaid care.
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Addressing gender-based violence
ActionAid works to end violence against women and girls and protect women's rights: our policy and research enables us to make recommendations for change to ensure gender equality and women's empowerment.
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ActionAid UK CEO Girish Menon takes part in the Refugee Solidarity March in Central London with other ActionAid staff and supporters in September 2015. Photo: Monia Antonioli/ActionAid
ActionAid’s work in the UK
In the UK, ActionAid fundraises, offers child sponsorship, campaigns for change, helps shape UK policy, and offers free teaching resources to UK schools.
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Our strategy
ActionAid's vision is a world without poverty and injustice, in which every person enjoys their right to a life of dignity.
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