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?
Inclusive Disaster Risk Management - Briefing Paper
Inclusive Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is about equality of rights and opportunities, dignity of the individual, acknowledging diversity, and contributing to resilience for everyone, not leaving
Lebanon ceasefire deal not an acceptable long-term solution
LEBANON CEASEFIRE DEAL NOT AN ACCEPTABLE LONG-TERM SOLUTION
ActionAid responds to political crisis in Myanmar
As the political crisis in Myanmar escalates, ActionAid raises concerns about the impact of the military takeover on the country’s most vulnerable communities.
Urgent Statement from ActionAid on the Forced Evacuation of Hospitals in Northern Gaza
We are gravely alarmed by the latest directive from the Israeli Army, which, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, orders the full evacuation of Awda, Indonesian, and Kamal Adwan hospitals in
“We are calling urgently on the international community to act”: Rafah residents plunged into fear and panic as attacks intensify and a full-scale invasion looms
People in Rafah have been left terrified and panicked as airstrikes on the city intensify, thousands flee, and aid delivery is disrupted.
Seven hospitals running out of lifesaving fuel as “shameful” level of aid reaches Gaza
As 20 aid trucks crossed the Rafah border this morning, seven hospitals across Gaza are at breaking point as incubators and life support machines have run out of fuel entirely.
ActionAid strengthens resilience as Cyclone Freddy death toll rises in Malawi
Tropical Cyclone Freddy has made landfall for a second time this week in East Africa, raging through Malawi and causing gusty winds, heavy rainfall, mudslides and increased flooding. The death toll in
ActionAid supports families forced to flee conflict in Ukraine
More than one million people arrive in neighbouring countries after escaping conflict and violence in Ukraine, ActionAid is preparing to provide emergency support and protection for those forced to