ActionAid

This week the sun came out for oh, all of 2 minutes, and put me in a right good mood. Why? Well it must be nearly festival time, surely!? Okay so it might have gone back in but what with all the festival line up announcements made this week I can't help b

Good to see that biofuels are still on the news agenda - they should be, what with how they can contribute to climate change and increase global hunger! There's an interesting piece featured on the Reuters UK, EU drafts reveal biofuel's 'environmental da

This video about a group of young men trying to protect women against violence in the camps reminded me that emergencies aren't just about boxes of food and shelter. Ultimately it's the Haitian people who are picking up the pieces and working together to

Leya Chede is an example of how a little investment goes a long way.

If you are student you probably have an opinion about the news that graduate recruiters think targets to get 50% of young people to university in the UK should be scrapped. Maybe you’re planning to start higher education soon, or maybe you are one of the

I don't know about you, but I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that Kathryn Bigelow, who won the Oscar for best director for The Hurt Locker last night, is the

Today is International Women’s Day and there is a wealth of activity happening around the world to celebrate. Here in the UK we had the exciting announcement that Baroness Kinnock will take on a new role leading the Government’s work to tackle violence ag

Its not all cake sales and raffles around here. Some of our supporters are even willing to hurl themselves out of airplanes and plummet to the ground like a stone.

Last night I was lucky enough to attend the launch of ActionAid’s Haiku poetry book, created to celebrate the women around the world fighting discrimination, poverty and violence.

The statistics in ActionAid’s latest violence against women report are pretty shocking. But it was this quote by a former UN peacekeeping Commander that really got me: