Opinions
World Day Against Child Labour: How ActionAid is Fighting Back on Child Labour
In 2020, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimated that approximately 160 million children worldwide were trapped in child labour with 79 million of these performing hazardous forms of
Fund our Future for a Just World
This World Environment Day, ActionAid organised mobilisations around the world to call for a feminist, just transition to a world free of fossil fuels and industrial agriculture.
Why Decolonising the Financing of Education is Key to Solving the Education Crisis
This week over 10 million people will mobilise to call for the decolonisation of education financing.
Drought in East Africa: How communities in Somaliland are adapting
East Africa is currently facing the worst drought for decades and yet there remains little to no attention to the severity of the situation. With the number of emergencies rapidly growing in the face
ActionAid Joins Hundreds of Organisations Declaring That ‘Our Future Is Public’
In December 2022 an unprecedented gathering of movements working for public services and resisting privatisation took place in Santiago, Chile, titled Our Future Is Public. On 26th January 2023 the
Anti-racism in education: promoting racial equity and building a global anti-racist movement
The Transformative and Anti-racist Educational System project (SETA) secured US$10 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to enable transformative long-term changes to Brazil’s systems and
COP27 must deliver for communities, women and girls on the frontlines of the climate crisis
We are halfway through the COP27 climate negotiations, with a huge amount left to be agreed and achieved.
Today, week two kicks-off with Gender Day, shining a much-needed spotlight on the plight that
Humanitarian action: Women responding, but outside the system
ActionAid attended Women, Peace and Security Week (WPS) in New York from October 17-21st with partners and women’s rights organisations for their work supporting women’s resilience and leadership in
Plans for debt restructuring in Zambia are an urgent first step
Devastating droughts and floods have already pushed many ordinary Zambians deeper into poverty, and will cripple our economy unless the rich nations who caused global warming provide the funds to
Systems change to food security
Food is essential to life. Food not only provides the basic sustenance for physical survival and nutrition for healthy human existence; food is also a key element of people’s culture and rights!
