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Urgent Statement from ActionAid on the Forced Evacuation of Hospitals in Northern Gaza
We are gravely alarmed by the latest directive from the Israeli Army, which, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, orders the full evacuation of Awda, Indonesian, and Kamal Adwan hospitals in
LEBANON: Women in shelters forced to manage their periods with black bags
Women displaced by attacks by Israeli forces in Lebanon are being forced to use scraps of cloth and plastic bags in place of period products, an ActionAid partner has said.
The time is up for coy talk from developed countries - we need trillions of dollars for climate finance, says ActionAid
Today government ministers met in Baku, Azerbaijan, for a high-level ministerial dialogue to try to make progress towards the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance, to be agreed at COP29
"I just wish that the war would end now”: Women in Gaza on the devastating toll of 12 months of crisis
Women in Gaza have told ActionAid of the devastating impact 12 months of war has taken on their lives.
“We are alive but have lost everything we depended on to survive.” Communities fighting to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of Nepal’s devastating floods
As Nepal comes to terms with the devastating impacts of the flooding that swept across the country last week – ActionAid has heard from families struggling to recover from the destruction and
LEBANON: Night of intense attacks on Beirut leaves children and families in state of “extreme stress and panic”
LEBANON: Night of intense attacks on Beirut leaves children and families in state of “extreme stress and panic”
ActionAid partners forced to suspend operations in Lebanon following Israeli attacks
ActionAid partners forced to suspend operations in Lebanon following Israeli attacks
Lebanon: “Window to prevent humanitarian crisis closing rapidly”
LEBANON: “Window to prevent humanitarian crisis closing rapidly”
15 aid organisations demand an end to systematic aid obstruction in Gaza
15 aid organisations demand an end to systematic aid obstruction in Gaza
ActionAid reacts to the adoption of a resolution at the UN General Assembly
ActionAid said: “We are pleased to see the UN General Assembly back this historic resolution, which welcomes the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion. In doing so, its members have