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Soyabean khebab training empowers Delali

Delali Kpomida lives in the Hobor community in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra region of Ghana.

A member of ActionAid's group, the Mawupase Women’s Group in the community, the 30-year

Delali Kpomida has been economically empowered through skills training
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Yagzure Tibonkena Women’s Group take matters into their own hands

Yagzure is a small rural community in the Talensi District of the Upper East region of Ghana. It is part of the 42 communities beneficiating from ActionAid Ghana’s, Promoting Opportunities for Women’s

Members of the Yagzure Tibonkena Women’s Group fixing the culvert
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“I can’t remember the last time I heard a woman cry because her husband or a man has beaten her.”

The Promoting Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment and Rights Project (POWER) project has not only been empowering smallholder women farmers but also combatting Violence Against Women and Girls

Agnes Angtooromwin at one of the Women’s Group meetings
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World leaders land at COP25 as Africa faces climate and food crises

Madrid, 1 December 2019 – As world leaders land in Madrid for the 25th UN climate change conference (COP25), the climate crisis is causing immense suffering across southern and eastern Africa where

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Falling through the Cracks: Tackling the Justice Deficit for Women Survivors in Ghana

This research report is part of a multi-country ActionAid campaign on access to justice for women, looking both at the global barriers to justice as well as the specific deficits in each of the four

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Creating a fashion business out of waste

Selina Appiagyei is one of the beneficiaries of a project aimed at not only providing skills training to increase the economic levels of the youth but also investing in greening of businesses and

Selina Appiagyei showing off some of her skills
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COP25: UN climate talks, ‘fail to offer helping hand to climate survivors’

Madrid, 15 December 2019 – The 25th UN climate conference (COP25) in Madrid ends today with little to no progress on supporting survivors of climate disasters in the Global South.

While deadly

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In climate talks, rich countries are getting away with murder

This piece is by Brandon Wu, Director of Policy and Campaigns, ActionAid USA and is based on his contribution to a panel event at the UN climate conference in Madrid, exploring the limitations and

Brandon Wu, Director of Policy and Campaigns, ActionAid USA
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Cancelling COP in Chile must not delay progress on climate justice

The Chilean government has pulled out of hosting the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) climate summit due to continuing protests against rising inequality.

Harjeet Singh, global lead on climate

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ActionAid reaction to relocation of COP25 climate negotiations to Madrid, Spain

Harjeet Singh, Global Lead on Climate Change for ActionAid International says:

"The shifting of COP25 from Chile to Madrid with only four weeks’ notice presents real barriers to participation for