Who is ActionAid ActionAid is a women’s rights organisation that empowers women living in poverty and exclusion to stand up and claim their human rights.

ActionAid is present in over 45 countries with more than 40 years of experience in conflict and humanitarian settings. ActionAid works with a wider network of over 5,000 local partners. In the past 5 years ActionAid has met immediate response and early recovery needs in 134 emergencies reaching in excess of 6.2 million people across 38 countries.

Our Humanitarian Signature Grounded in a feminist and human rights based approach that puts women living in poverty and exclusion at the centre of driving change Focuses on women’s leadership in emergencies Works to shift the power to local actors Models and promotes accountability to affected communities

Women in Vanuatu are turning crisis into opportunity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftFcJBj_dnI

Acknowledging Women's Leadership Recognizing the intersectionality between Climate Change, disasters, peace and development Recognizing that women as first responders and their leadership capabilities Disasters disrupt the peace at home and in communities. Climate change and conflict is not just a national security issues it is about women’s human security . This manifests into poverty , inequalities ad injustices Women can be resilient if their organizing , leadership is recognized and agency supported. Can this be the next big agenda for the commonwealth of nations?