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ActionAid calls for immediate ceasefire and full respect for international law in latest escalation in conflict in the Arab Region

ActionAid expresses grave concern over the recent military strikes carried out by the United States and Israel against targets across Iran, as well as Iran’s subsequent military retaliation.
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ActionAid's solidarity statement with the people of Cuba

ActionAid International stands in solidarity with the people of Cuba as they confront a severe fuel crisis triggered by threats from the United States Government to impose sanctions on any country ...
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With 2030 approaching, racism remains a major obstacle to equal education

2026 marks 25 years since the UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. We call on UNESCO, GEMR, and their many stakeholders to demonstrate global ...
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Costs of climate inaction: displacement and distress migration

Political failure to limit global warming to below 2°C, as per the Paris agreement goal, is already driving 18 million climate migrants from their homes in 2020. New analysis, released today, ...
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Fifty Years of Failure: The IMF, Debt and Austerity in Africa

ActionAid’s report ‘Fifty Years of Failure: the IMF, Debt and Austerity in Africa’ is based on new research and powerful personal testimonies from across 10 African countries. It is timed to coincide ...
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Climate Finance for Just Transition: How the Finance Flows

Barely any climate finance is going to support workers and communities to undertake just transitions. It is time for climate policy makers to make sure that people’s priorities are front and centre of ...
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Africa is owed US$36 trillion in climate debt by rich polluting countries, a new report by ActionAid shows

Ahead of the African Union (AU) Summit next week, a new report by ActionAid reveals that over three-quarters of all lower-income countries spend more on foreign debt than on their own healthcare ...
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The Public Versus Austerity: Why public sector wage bill constraints must end

The world faces a series of inter-connecting crises. Responding to them will demand a complete disruption of business as usual. In the light of Covid, the growing debt crisis, rising inequality, ...
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A third of people affected by Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh still ‘traumatised’ and struggling with physical and mental health a decade on, new research by ActionAid shows

Dhaka, Bangladesh: New research by humanitarian organisation ActionAid has revealed the continuing challenges being endured by survivors of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Dhaka on the 24 April ...
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How Barclays' continuous destructive funding is pushing our climate to the brink

Barclays is Europe’s leading financier of fossil fuels globally and the largest fossil fuel financier in Africa. Between 2016 and 2022, it provided US$29.6 billion in financing for fossil fuel ...
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'The political situation is concerning, but we're hopeful the transition will lead to positive change,’ says ActionAid Bangladesh

Reacting to the recent protests and developing political transition in Bangladesh, ActionAid said: ‘ActionAid stands in solidarity with the young people in Bangladesh who have courageously raised ...