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ActionAid calls for urgent international action to end escalation of Israeli violence in the Gaza Strip

Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territory - Following the Israeli military escalation in the Gaza strip, resulting in the death of at least 27 Palestinians including   3 women and 6 children and 

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ActionAid Palestine condemns demolition of school in the West Bank

On Sunday morning 7th of May 2023, the Israeli Security Forces break into the Palestinian village of Beit Ta’amer near Bethlehem city in the West Bank and fully demolished Jubet Ad Dib school. Jubet

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People before Profit: why urgent action is needed to hold businesses accountable for respecting human rights

As the role and size of the private sector in Ethiopia continues to grow, human rights abuses resulting from business activities are on the increase, including in the garment and textile industry. The

Yeshumnesh, Facilitator for Integrated Family Service Organization (IFSO), a local partner of ActionAid Ethiopia, Combatting modern slavery
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Fund Our Future

At least 2 in 5 people globally (that's 3.3-3.6 billion people) are living in contexts that are highly vulnerable to the climate crisis.

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Arthur Larok

Arthur Larok is the Secretary General, ActionAid International

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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.

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The Gambia: Agroecology

Climate disasters are destroying the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. Fossil fuels and industrial agriculture are fuelling the destruction of our planet, driving up carbon

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Palestinian Refugee Youth to Commemorate 75th Anniversary of Nakba by showing Solidarity with Residents of Masafer Yatta

Hebron-West Bank –Palestinian refugee youth commemorated the 75th anniversary of Nakba by visiting Masafer Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank which is at risk of forced evictions and forcible

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Over 36 million face hunger every day in the Horn of Africa: ActionAid calls for urgent funding

The international humanitarian organisation ActionAid is calling on the governments of Italy, Qatar, the United Kingdom, and the United States to immediately support the humanitarian response in the

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Horn of Africa Pledging Conference: “Disappointing results with a devastating impact on women and girls.” 

In response to the funds pledged at the High-Level Horn of Africa event in New York on Wednesday, Tinebeb Berhane, Country Director at ActionAid Ethiopia, said: 

Halimo Ahmed Yusuf, a pregnant mother from Ceel-Dheere, Somaliland