Women farmers in Kenya driving change
Mercy is a farmer in the hills of Makima, in eastern Kenya. Above Mercy’s farm, the land appears lifeless; rocky and brown. It is hard to...
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Economic Justice
Women's Rights
South African activists fighting back at Australian mining company
When an Australian mining company commenced work in Lephalale, a small coal-mining town in the South African province of Limpopo, they did...
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Climate Justice
Leading emergency response in Bangladesh
In 2013, when Sabita Rani heard that Cyclone Mahasen was heading towards her village in southern Bangladesh, she sprang into action. The...
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Economic Justice
5 things you need to know about women, trade and exploitation
ActionAid interviewed Kate Lappin, Regional Coordinator of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) and something of a...
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Economic Justice
6 reasons why privatisation impacts women's rights
Public services are the key to millions of women around the world enjoying their full human rights. They ensure that women and girls...
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