Women are the most effective emergency responders
By Michelle Higelin We are told that they are the victims and that we, of course, can save them with our expertise and resources. While...
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Women in Emergencies
Women in Emergencies
Women are leading crisis response
As the number of disasters and conflicts are increasing around the world, women and girls in affected communities bear the brunt of...
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Women in Emergencies
Women-led Emergency Response: calm, fair, accountable
The following blog is adapted from the original version by ActionAid Kenya. ActionAid is responding to the Horn of Africa drought crisis in...
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Women in Emergencies
With support from our partners, a look at the Nepal Earthquake: 3 Years On
Three years on, communities affected by the earthquakes of 2015 are stronger than ever before. This is thanks to the incredible generosity...
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Women in Emergencies
Women leaders in post-earthquake Nepal
As the Knowledge, Policy and Governance Manager and focal person for women’s rights at ActionAid Nepal, Malati stayed in a damage...
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Women in Emergencies
Shifting the Power: Empowering women in humanitarian crises
Women and girls are almost always the most affected when it comes to crisis: both as a cause and consequence of gender inequality and...
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Women in Emergencies
10 things you need to know about women and humanitarian response
1. Disasters and protracted conflicts are happening with increasing frequency and intensity every year. CNBC called 2017 ‘the year of...
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