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Education in Tanzania: A series of near-misses
Mar 10, 2009 (Mail&Guardian Online)
ActionAid in working in northern Tanzania to convince parents to send their children to school and while also trying to make schools "girl-friendly."
Action groups plan London Summit protest
Mar 9, 2009 (The Wharf )
Demonstrations surrounding the upcoming G20 summit are being planned as peaceful events by the groups taking part.
Battling the effects of climate change
Mar 9, 2009 (The New Nation)
Bangladesh urgently needs support in developing a climate-resilient agriculture if its people are to survive and prosper in the long term, according to some experts, says ActionAid.
Indian women marching ahead, but still miles to go
Mar 8, 2009 (Bombay News.Net)
More Indian women are breaking the glass ceiling and marching ahead in male dominated fields, but there are still thousands of women struggling for their basic rights, says ActionAid.
The Poorer Half of the World
Mar 6, 2009 (Reuters AlertNet)
Women experience the brunt of the world's poverty, with serious implications for their health and livelihoods. They also suffer disproportionately during crises - whether earthquakes, floods, wars or famines.
Financial crisis threatens legal protection for the poor
Mar 5, 2009 (The Nation)
The economic crisis will increase the demand for justice among the poor, especially when it comes to protecting their property, jobs,working conditions and their right to do business without extortion. ActionAid is calling for legal, social and political empowerment for the poor.
Uganda People News: Women demand for land ownership
Mar 3, 2009 (UG Pulse.com)
Women representatives from six districts have petitioned Parliament over the exclusion of women in the ownership and control of land in the proposed Land Amendment Bill 2007. ActionAid says the current bill does not empower women to own land like their spouses.
City lesbians come out in the open
Mar 1, 2009 (The Times of India)
With ActionAid support, lesbians in India have come out in the open and attended the first support group meeting.
MOZAMBIQUE: Girls' clubs highlight sexual abuse
Feb 25, 2009 (IRIN via Reuters AlertNet)
ActionAid International is backing a program called "No to Sexual Abuse of Girls in Education," that aims to reduce the level of sexual abuse of minors.
ActionAid Ghana holds validation workshop on a research on biofuel production
Feb 24, 2009 (ModernGhana.com)
In Ghana, ActionAid is calling for the formulation of a more comprehensive policy framework to guide the production of biofuels.
Sierra Leone: Communities take charge, one latrine at a time
Feb 24, 2009 (IRN via Reuters Alertnet)
Just a third of rural Sierra Leoneans have access to clean water and to sanitation facilities. ActionAid is working to improve the supply of clean water available to the country.
Peasants’ march to arrive in city today
Feb 23, 2009 (Daily Times)
As thousands of peasants from all over Sindh initiated a long march from Hyderabad last week for proposed amendments in the Sindh Tenancy Act 1950, ActionAid calls on the people of Karachi to join hands with the struggling peasants.
Food prices 'endanger millions in Southeast Asia'
Feb 21, 2009 (OneWorld.net)
A new ActionAid report finds that although the financial crisis reduced food prices in recent months, it did not improve the overall food security situation.
Africa: Food for 12 Billion - So Why Did 854 Million Go Without?
Feb 20, 2009 (allAfrica.com)
Despite a surplus of food, millions in Africa continue to go to bed hungry each night. ActionAid points out that while 80 percent of food is produced by women, only 10 percent of land is owned by women.
New coalition calls on world leaders to 'put people first'
Feb 17, 2009 (Ekklesia)
A new coalition, including ActionAid, plans to tell world leaders attending the G20 summit in April that only just, fair and sustainable policies can lead the world out of recession.
New Cholera Prevention Campaign Launched in Zimbabwe
Feb 17, 2009 (Voice of America)
ActionAid has launched a new campaign to prevent cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe communities that involves going door-to-door to teach hygiene and prevention methods.
Gambia: VP Receives Action Aid Regional Boss
Feb 16, 2009 (allAfrica.com)
Gambia's vice president and secretary of state for Women's Affairs, Dr. Ajaratou Isatou Njie-Saidy, recently sat down with ActionAid's Director for West and Central Africa to discuss NGO's work in the country.
Ghana: Appoint More Women to Positions of Chief Executives
Feb 16, 2009 (allAfrica.com)
ActionAid is backing push within Ghana to get more women appointed to chief executive, assembly member and council of state member posts.
Concern mounts over treatment of Tamils uprooted by Sri Lanka war
Feb 13, 2009 (Reuters AlertNet )
Aid agencies are working to secure an agreement to evacuate 200,000 civilians trapped in Sri Lanka's war zone. ActionAid is also providing educational support to children whose schooling has been interrupted by fighting.
Women in Malawi Unite in Fight Against Hunger
Feb 11, 2009 (Voice of America)
Women in Malawi have shown they will work to help the country attain food security if given resources. They are doing this through a movement known as the Coalition of Women Farmers, which is trying to empower women to achieve food security. ActionAid International is funding the effort
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