Guiding principles and minimum standards on unpaid care and domestic work
Care and domestic work is at the heart of communities and is an integral component of economies all over the world. However, when it comes to unpaid care and domestic work, women bear a
Why civil society organisations will boycott the UN’s Food Systems Summit unless there is a radical redirection away from corporate interests
Global food systems need a major overhaul. The UN Food Systems Summit is being billed as the answer – a forum to launch ‘bold new actions to transform the way the world produces and consumes food’
Cox’s Bazar: ActionAid supports families fleeing devastating blaze
A large and devastating fire has broken out in the Cox’s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp, which is home to more than a million Rohingya refugees.
Cox’s Bazar fire: ActionAid supports missing children to reunite with their families
ActionAid is working with partner agencies to coordinate the reunion of lost children in Cox’s Bazar with their parents, following the devastating fire that tore through the refugee camp.
Land Day: Remembering the ongoing attacks on Palestinian land rights
On 30 March 1976, six Palestinians died and 70 were injured by Israeli gunfire in Nazareth during protests against Israeli government-sanctioned land confiscation. On this day, each year since, we
Governments must no longer ignore the soaring costs of the climate crisis in the global south
Harjeet Singh, ActionAid’s global lead on climate, says that "governments can no longer ignore the soaring costs of the climate crisis in the global south."
ActionAid warns 'net zero' targets create a false sense of climate progress
As energy ministers and business leaders meet at the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Net Zero Summit, ActionAid calls for real zero climate goals that radically reduce emissions and rapidly phase
ActionAid responds to horrifying levels of violence against civilians in Myanmar
Violence against peaceful protesters in Myanmar is intensifying. ActionAid is calling for an end to the violence and for the right to peaceful assembly to be protected.
Water crisis hits communities in southern Bangladesh
As world leaders gather for President Biden’s virtual climate summit this week, communities in southern Bangladesh – who are facing a severe water crisis – say climate action cannot wait for far-off
90% of young Europeans believe climate change and environmental breakdown are the world’s greatest threats
Nine out of 10 young Europeans believe climate change and environmental breakdown are the most serious threats facing the world today, according to a new campaign by ActionAid.
