Opinions
International Literacy Day: Covid-19’s impact on equality in education
Schools can act as a powerful equalising force in any society. But is the Covid-19 pandemic is at risk of deepening existing inequalities in education? 190 organisations join ActionAid's calls for
World Humanitarian Day: Celebrating women on the frontlines of the Covid-19 crisis
Unprecedented has become the watchword of 2020, as the world grapples with the escalating health and economic crisis of Covid-19, soaring food insecurity and the worst locust infestations in decades.
“These Senegalese women are helping those most in need, against all odds.”
Today marks exactly one month since the Senegalese lockdown lifted. Here Khardiata Ndoye Pouye who is a Women’s Rights Officer at ActionAid Senegal reflects on her experience of the pandemic and the
Our future is in respect for natural ecosystems
This ActionAid opinion piece examines how agroecology may help to prevent further pandemics
Trade deal negotiations must be paused during the Covid-19 crisis
ActionAid and hundreds of other organisations have called for trade deal talks to be suspended during the Covid-19 crisis. This post explores why.
IMF meetings fail to agree support to protect developing countries from COVID19
The virtual Spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and G20 finance ministers ended last week, having failed to deliver on the immediate cash injection needed to mitigate the looming
Respecting, protecting, fulfilling the right to food in times of Covid-19
This post by Ruchi Tripathi, head of resilient livelihoods and climate justice, ActionAid International, looks at the systemic failures of the international economic system in relation to food
Young people might be more resilient to the virus, but not to its impacts
This blog examines the challenges that young people face around the world, from Covid-19 to homelessness and lack of employment

ActionAid signs open letter on the right to asylum
This open letter, signed by more than 121 organisations, calls on various international bodies to reaffirm the rights or refugees and asylum seekers.
Refugees in Europe: Not a single human life should be at risk
ActionAid Greece has called for an immediate halt to violence related to the refugee crisis at the Greece-Turkey border. You can read their statement here.