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Women’s rights to water and sanitation: elements of a joint action agenda

This policy brief identifies concrete steps policy makers can take to advance gender equality and the rights of women, girls, and trans and non-binary people through increased access to water

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ActionAid stands in solidarity with the people of Haiti

ActionAid International responds to the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse

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ActionAid calls on members of the UN Human Rights Council to back inquiry into rights abuses in Palestine

Ahead of a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Friday, 9 July), ActionAid is calling on all 47 members of the council to back an independent investigation into violations of

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Game of two halves – football finals offer ray of hope in Europe while Uganda turns stadium into Covid-19 hospital

Number of Ugandans fully vaccinated equivalent to less than 5% of Wembley stadium capacity.

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ActionAid responds to humanitarian and hunger crisis in Southern Tigray

Women are leading ActionAid’s emergency response in Ethiopia’s Tigray region where communities are facing severe food shortages, conflict and widespread violence against women and girls.

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ActionAid responds to new UN numbers showing rising global hunger

As UN agencies today release new figures showing how the Covid-19 pandemic is driving rising levels of hunger globally, ActionAid is calling for small-scale food producers to be central to developing

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Reclaiming and Transforming Multilateralism: Towards a People's Multilateralism

Young people make up the majority of the world’s population. As they inherit multiple intersecting crises, it is essential that they are equipped with the knowledge and power to stand up for their

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Invisible women: A gender analysis of climate-induced migration in South Asia

New research exposes how women and children are disproportionally affected by climate migration, which puts them at greater risk of gender-based violence, child labour and exploitation.

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Women and children most at risk as climate change and conflict drive migration in Afghanistan

As rising insecurity and conflict engulf Afghanistan in the wake of the US and NATO troops withdrawal, new ActionAid research highlights the hidden crisis facing women and children forced to flee the

Shell appeal shows oil giant puts profits before people and planet

Shell’s decision to appeal against the ruling of a Dutch court that it must cut its emissions in line with global climate goals, shows the fossil fuel giant ‘prioritising its bottom line over people