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Development challenges
Activist Marie Consolate Activist Marie Consolate Recent estimates based on wealth index comparison indicate that poverty has worsened from 2005 to 2009. Burundi faces tremendous challenges in...
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Programme achievements
Through child sponsorship, Concilie and her community now have clean water and a new school buildingSince 1998, AAB has promoted core peace building activities, emphasizing the rehabilitation and...
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Emma Thompson Myanmar(Burma)
Emma Thompson on the change coming to Burma / MyanmarEmma Thompson and ActionAid's CEO Joanna Kerr went on a remarkable journey to find Myanmar (Burma) on the brink of change, a change led by a...
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Picture of the week: Mary Kalhelhan
Mary Kalhelan, 35, who is HIV positive, is a single mother of 4, and lives in Kongelei, a pastoralist community in North Western Kenya.After a long dry spell, it started raining in October and families...
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Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part seventeen
Time to leave Myanmar. There’s too much to write about, too much to consider, too much to admire, too much to grieve over. This morning we take a bus to Ming Galar don township on the outskirts of...
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Violence against women: the most ignored obstacle for development?
Several weeks ago a colleague was surprised when I wrote to him that violence against women is an integral component of poverty reduction. “Is this an ideological position or literally true?” he asked...
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The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign which takes place yearly from 25 November (International Day Against Violence Against Women) to 10 December (International...
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