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“The climate crisis is growing, and here in Bangladesh we feel its ferocity”
ActionAid is highly concerned about cyclone Sitrang, which is very likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm as it gathers pace over the Bay of Bengal.
The storm is now approaching land and it
EU Parliament increases pressure on COP27 “to take responsibility and act with compassion in the face of the climate crisis”
ActionAid response to the European Parliament Resolution on COP27.
Climate crisis to blame for high rates of cholera, says ActionAid
After years of declining cholera cases, ActionAid has become increasingly concerned about the ‘worrying upsurge’ of deadly outbreaks which have emerged across the world over the past year – including
Millions of dollars set to be invested in developing an anti-racist public education system in Brazil
Today, it has been announced that 10 million dollars will be invested in a project aimed to transform systems and institutions that uphold racial inequities.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation selected the
New report exposes the extent of IMF’s ‘pink washing’
New report exposes the extent of IMF’s ‘pink washing’ and the devastating impact this is having on gender equality globally
Press statement calling for David Malpass to be fired as head of the World Bank
ActionAid and other organisations campaigning for climate justice are calling for the World Bank’s President, David Malpass, to be removed from his position after he avoided questions from a
Make education an urgent global priority!
On 19th September 2022, for the first time ever, global leaders are gathering in New York for a summit focused only on education. The UN’s Transforming Education Summit is a recognition both of the
50 Million People Trapped in Modern Slavery
A recent UN report ‘Global Estimates of Modern Slavery’ which shows that the number of people trapped in forced labour and forced marriage have increased significantly in the last five years to an
Reactions to the IMF programme in Zambia
ActionAid Zambia’s Country Director, Nalucha Nganga Ziba responds to the recently revealed new IMF programme in Zambia.
Famine announcement will be too little too late as mothers bury their children in East Africa
Responding to U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths’ warning that famine is “at the door” in parts of Somalia, Taiwo Ajose, Interim Country Director for ActionAid in Somaliland, says:
