Shell climate case: What you need to know
On Wednesday (26 May), a judge in The Hague will deliver their verdict on the ground-breaking climate case against fossil fuel giant Shell.
Why ActionAid is working to tackle modern slavery
Attention must be dedicated to upholding human rights in the world of work.
ActionAid takes legal action against Shell
ActionAid is one of seven environmental and human rights organisations, including Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, taking legal action against Royal Dutch Shell for failing to align its growth
Nigerians trafficked to Ghana and forced to work as cyber-criminals for ruthless gangs
In 2022, the International Labour Organisation revealed that 50m people worldwide were trapped in forms of modern slavery. An increase of almost 10m since 2017.[i]
Free market economics collapsed like a house of cards when Covid-19 hit, unravelling gains on equality and women’s rights
As 2020 draws to a close, the notion that the Covid-19 pandemic is reversing decades of development progress has become conventional wisdom says Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, ActionAid International Board
Conservation or land grabbing? The case of Mbulia Group Ranch
Sometimes, conservation can be used as a cover for landgrabbing. This story, of the Mbulia Group Ranch in Kenya, is an example of how this can happen.
The Sustainability of the Global Partnership for Education: The Role of Domestic Resource Mobilisation
Financing for Education: Let's Make Aid RedundantOn 26th June in Brussels the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is seeking to raise $3.5 billion in a replenishment event, to support low income
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.
ActionAid calls for a feminist response to corporate abuse as new report exposes persecution and mistreatment of women in four communities
• A new report from ActionAid reveals shocking corporate abuse of women from communities in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Guatemala.
• The report, released ahead of the 8th session of negotiations of
Human rights: universal, inalienable and indivisible
This blog is by Dr. Maria Ron Balsera, the Research and Advocacy Coordinator for ActionAid International. She works on Tax Privatisation and the Right to Education: influencing education financing
