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Not Giving Up: Women in Ukraine’s Humanitarian Response

Women, and Women Rights Organisations are offering vital services despite facing significant limitations and being excluded from important decision-making processes at all levels despite playing a

Olena, a Ukranian humanitarian worker poses in front of a snowy industrial background in Kharkiv

“I want my baby to live in a world without wars, fear, or suffering”

After months of enduring inhumane living conditions and little to no access to medical support, hundreds of pregnant women and new mothers are now receiving the vital healthcare they need at north

Umm Fulan, a new mother who has just given birth at Al-Awda Hospital.
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Almost 9 in 10 going all day without eating as hunger in Haiti reaches record high

Haiti’s hunger crisis has reached alarming levels, with almost all families (99%) surveyed by ActionAid regularly skipping meals and 95% reporting that they’ve gone to bed hungry in the past month

A young girl watches as a woman prepares food in a displacement camp in Haiti
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Turbulence and transition: a call for feminist foreign policy in 2025

2025 started off as a very turbulent year. With the Trump administration taking office in January, the world was hit by disparate, false and severely problematic positions in just a couple of weeks

Ukraine anniversary 1 year on: Liza (not her real name), a volunteer at Insight NGO an ActionAid partner

Press Statement: ActionAid’s Response to the Omnibus proposal

Today, the European Commission officially announced their omnibus bill that prioritizes competitiveness and corporate interests over the protection of human rights and the environment. This comes as a

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The Commission’s deregulation package: their profits before our values!

In response to the impending adoption of the Omnibus proposal, we hope to highlight the severity of adopting such legislation, particularly within the current European and global political context.

Protest against the Omnibus proposal outside the EU Parliament
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Israel's decision to halt aid will cost lives in Gaza

ActionAid said:

“The horrifying decision by the Israeli authorities to block humanitarian supplies into Gaza will cost lives at a time where the entire population is reliant on aid to survive. The

Food is collectively cooked and distributed on the streets of Deir A-Balah. Many of those receiving the food have left Gaza city
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Women evicted from DRC camps face widespread sexual violence and forced marriage – ActionAid 

Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are being subjected to rape, sexual violence and forced marriage after being forced out of displacement camps and sent back to dangerous areas

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Who Owes Who?

As we enter 2025, 54 countries are in debt crisis, forced to cut their spending on basic public services and climate action in order to pay external debts. Last year, lower income countries between

Young Urban Women (YUW) Teleza Banda Primary School Teacher, in Mchinji, Impacted by the cholera outbreak