Lebanon and its people have faced – and continue to weather – multifaceted challenges, from war to political instability, economic crises to the recent influx of displaced populations.

In Jordan, it is very difficult to break the barrier of silence on a topic like gender-based violence (GBV). For the team at ActionAid, this does not mean we stop. It means we become more strategic.

Forced to flee Syria in 2012 after barrel bombings devastated her community, Najlaa El Sheekh, with her injured son by her side, embarked on a courageous journey to find refuge in Turkey.

If you were in a difficult situation, perhaps facing violence in your own home, and you didn’t feel like you could talk to anyone about it – what if you could? What if there was a team ready to

When Israa* and her family were forced to flee their home in Tyre, South Lebanon, in the wake of attacks carried out by the Israeli forces with nothing but the clothes they were wearing that day, it

“Are we going to survive? Will we be targeted? Are we going to be killed?”
These are the haunting questions Sabine Abiaad once asked her mother. Now in her forties, her teenage daughter and 12-year

At the European Union (EU) launch event of ActionAid Arab Region’s (AAAR) "Promoting and Protecting Women's Rights in the Workplace" project – implemented in collaboration with our local partner Al