Publications
Saving lives, protecting rights - an introduction to ActionAid's work in emergencies and conflict
This leaflet gives an introduction to ActionAid's work in emergencies and conflict. It details some of our key successes over recent years and explains the human rights based approach that underpins
Empowering People for Change - ActionAid Myanmar's Strategy 2012-2017
Empowering People for Change - ActionAid Myanmar's Strategy 2012-2017 This country strategy is guided by ActionAid International’s strategy, ‘People’s Action to End Poverty’, as well as by the voices
ActionAid’s education work around the first International Day of the Girl
The UN General Assembly’s decision to institute 11th October as the International Day of the Girl marks the international community’s political will to promote girls’ rights by highlighting the
DRC Conflict Position Paper - November 2012
This ActionAid paper concerns the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as of 28 November 2012, and articulates ActionAid’s position on recent developments in North Kivu as well as the
Tackling the Limits to Adaptation: An International Framework to Address 'Loss and Damage' from Climate Change Impacts
The current and future scale of climate change implies serious loss and damage, especially to the lives and livelihoods of those who are poor, most vulnerable and least to blame. Still developed
Governance in Action, edition one
This is the first edition of ActionAid Myanmar's quarterly governance newsletter named 'Governance in Action'.It contains articles on active citizenship for accountable governance, challenges to
Haiti: Avoiding Another Dangerous Delay
In Haiti, grassroots communities, international partners, and the government are sounding the alarm of an impending food crisis, with potentially disastrous consequences for nearly 2 million Haitians
Young women: life choices and livelihoods in poor urban India
A scoping study of three cities in India, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai, was conducted to better understand young women’s experiences in urban areas and inform ActionAid India’s intention to launch an
Young women: life choices and livelihoods in poor urban areas
This paper is a part of the ActionAid young urban women scoping exercise conducted in India, South Africa and Ghana.The paper provides some overall regional trends for: population increases and
Making her own choices: young women’s rights in poor urban areas
This programme framework is informed by three country level and international reviews of the literature related to young women, livelihoods and sexual and reproductive health, and empirical research