New research from ActionAid International, The Human Cost of Public Sector Cuts in Africa, highlights how over the last five years, austerity measures have led to the deterioration of public health

Gender Justice Over Corporate Profits: A Gender Analysis of the Omnibus Proposal

In March 2025, the European Commission proposed a new Return Regulation. Among other planned measures, the one of the so-called ‘return hubs’ - centres built in third countries, where to forcibly

As the Global South gains power and asserts its demands for justice and equity, the EU’s self-congratulatory multilateralism is increasingly out of step with reality. Clinging to a model that protects

Year on year, the climate crisis continues to worsen, with disproportionately negative
impacts on countries in the Global South that have contributed the least to global
emissions. Within these

The Commission’s new Global Europe Instrument claims to adapt EU external action to today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. Yet, as it stands, the proposal prioritizes flexibility over clarity, self

Based on ground-breaking research our new report published with Public Services International and Education International exposes how austerity cuts in just 15 countries have blocked recruitment of

This report exposes the devastating impact public sector cuts are having on women in low income countries, who face a triple threat of losing access to services, having fewer opportunities to access

The countries that are most vulnerable to the climate crisis are also facing a debt crisis – and the need to service external debt in foreign currency has become a major accelerator of the climate

In a turbulent 2024, ActionAid kept pace: present in 75 countries, we delivered aid to 4.7 million people and mobilised 45 million others through Fund Our Future climate-justice actions, youth