Why ActionAid promotes women’s leadership in emergencies
ActionAid has been promoting women’s leadership in emergencies for many years now. Yet this question never fails to come up: why women?
Funding a localised, women-led approach to protection from Gender Based Violence
Disasters, protracted crises and conflicts disproportionately affect women, yet women and their organisations are significantly underrepresented in humanitarian response. While the evidence shows that
Market mechanisms for loss and damage climate finance fail human rights test
ActionAid’s report, Market Solutions to help Climate Victims Fail Human Rights Test, examines the current options for market, state and ‘innovative’ funding mechanisms available to cover the soaring
Six years on from Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza tragedy, one in five survivors’ health is deteriorating
Despite the international outcry following the building collapse at Rana Plaza, which killed 1,134 mainly female garment workers, more than half of survivors remain unemployed due to the physical
Climate-induced migration may result from disasters like Cyclone Fani
Cyclone Fani made landfall near Puri, India, early this morning (Friday 3 May 2019), sparking an evacuation of nearly a million people from coastal regions. Heavy rains and high winds continue to
As Israel celebrates Independence Day, the US and European Union are complicit in the whitewash of war crimes against Palestinian civilians
World leaders continue to turn a blind eye to Israel’s unlawful occupation, protracted blockade and persistent breaches of international law.
'Making the Local Global' guidance note
Local women leaders must be at the heart of humanitarian work. They are commonly the first responders in any emergency and are most active in prevention and rebuilding after disasters. They should
'Shifting power to young people in humanitarian action'
Drawing on lessons and best practice from humanitarian crises across the world, this report looks at how engaging young people in humanitarian action will foster better, more localised and more
Six years of talks fail to address funding needed to support survivors of climate disasters
Despite six years of negotiating, the UN process has failed to face the fact that a new funding mechanism is desperately needed to support people to recover from climate disasters.
ActionAid Public Statement on the humanitarian situation in northeast Syria
ActionAid is deeply concerned about the situation of women, men, boys and girls that are trapped in the Turkish military operation that started on October 9th in northeast Syria, after the announced