Unsubstantiated charges against human rights defenders must be dropped
ActionAid Zimbabwe is calling for the unsubstantiated charges against seven human rights defenders arrested at Harare airport to be dropped.
80% of garment workers in Bangladesh have experienced or witnessed sexual violence and harassment at work
New research: 80% of garment workers in Bangladesh have experienced or witnessed sexual violence and harassment at work, with 90% saying their job is negatively impacting their health.
Bonn Climate Change Conference
During next week’s UN climate conference, ActionAid demands rich governments finally deliver on financial support long promised to poor countries hit hardest by climate change, which have caused the
Campaigners celebrate historic international law to end violence and harassment in the world of work
Campaigners are celebrating after a historic international law to end violence and harassment in the world of work has today been adopted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Six years of talks fail to address funding needed to support survivors of climate disasters
Despite six years of negotiating, the UN process has failed to face the fact that a new funding mechanism is desperately needed to support people to recover from climate disasters.
Our commitment to social justice
At the ActionAid General Assembly last week, the following text was proposed by a number of member countries, including the USA, Guatemala, Italy, Brazil, Uganda, Denmark, India and Spain. The
Activists call for bold action from governments on climate, inequality and freedom of expression, as development goals falter
Activists gathered in New York kick off global call for people to #StandTogetherNow and demand that their governments step up action to achieve social, economic and environmental justice.
Indigenous and rural women lead emergency response in typhoon-hit communities
As communities in the Philippines confront the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Goni and now face the threat of Typhoon Vamco, indigenous and rural women are providing emergency relief to families
Typhoon Vamco slams communities already hit by Typhoon Goni
ActionAid responds to Tyhpoon Vamco (Ulysses) in the Philippines, as it tears through communities that only a week and a half ago were hit by Super Typhoon Goni.
‘Zambia’s bondholders must demonstrate a measure of humanity’
Reacting to news that bondholders today have rejected Zambia's last-ditch effort to avoid plunging into default, ActionAid is calling for urgent debt cancellation to prevent the suffering of millions
