IMF Spring Meetings fall short amid push for more "heartless" public budget cuts
The 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have yielded outcomes that offer little hope of addressing the unsustainable debt burden fueling economic crises in low
Myanmar Earthquake: Thousands forced to live on small boats after homes collapse into Inle Lake
Thousands of people in Myanmar’s Inle Lake region have been left homeless and stranded on small boats after the powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck on Friday, submerging entire floating
ActionAid statement on attacks against humanitarian organisations in Ukraine
Following Sunday’s attacks in Kherson and the death of one member of an NGO team and two more people of the team injured, ActionAid has released the following statement:
Crippling budget cuts leave Africa’s public sector workers underpaid, overworked and struggling to make ends meet
A new study by ActionAid reveals that deep cuts to public spending in education and health across six African countries have seen workers struggling to afford essentials like food and resulted in
The Human Cost of Public Cuts in Africa
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
Community support can break barriers: stories from women on the move in Ireland and Italy
World Refugee Day. Community support can break barriers: stories from women on the move in Ireland and Italy
“Gaza is hell on earth”: ActionAid’s colleagues and partners displaced and going hungry amid intensive bombing, as charity demands siege is lifted now
ActionAid’s colleagues and partners are reporting hellish conditions in Gaza as bombing intensifies and supplies run out. Hundreds of people have been killed and nearly 100,000 have been displaced in
Letter from Global South youth to HSBC
As the world faces an unprecedented climate crisis, HSBC’s investments continue to fuel environmental destruction — especially across the Global South.
Climate activist Patience Nabukalu joined with
“Climate action is at a crossroads” as Bonn climate talks kick off
Climate action is at a crossroads. Every month this year, a new temperature record has been brutally smashed, yet right now the political appetite for climate action feels lower than ever.
Reports of sexual violence in Eastern DRC surge by almost 700% in March as armed conflict intensifies – ActionAid
Data collected by ActionAid shows that escalating attacks by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have sparked an explosion of sexual violence against women and girls in the