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"I just wish that the war would end now”: Women in Gaza on the devastating toll of 12 months of crisis

Women in Gaza have told ActionAid of the devastating impact 12 months of war has taken on their lives.

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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

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Ukraine: Women and girls experiencing escalating levels of violence with no adequate protection as situation worsens ‘by the day’, international charity ActionAid says

Human rights charity ActionAid says it's deeply concerned that the rights of women and girls affected by the Ukraine conflict are being failed and they aren’t receiving the protection they desperately

Liza (not her real name), a volunteer at Insight NGO an ActionAid partner
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Urgent Action Needed Amid Serious Israeli Escalation in Gaza: WEFAQ Evacuates and MAAN Community Centre Faces Siege

Our partner organisation, WEFAQ, has been forced to evacuate and dismantle their operations

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Don’t cut women’s lifelines, warns ActionAid

A new report by ActionAid shows that gender-based violence (GBV) is skyrocketing during the Covid-19 pandemic. Published in June 2020.

Women collecting Covid-19 relief packages
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Communities living in fear and on the brink of starvation as violence surges in Haiti 

The ongoing gang violence in Haiti is having a devastating impact on women and girls as food insecurity reaches alarming levels, according to ActionAid.

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Compelled to Flee: Cycles of Israeli forced displacement of Palestinians

Joint ActionAid, Oxfam and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights briefing report.

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"We look at babies losing their life because we have nothing”: Vital services in Gaza grinding to a halt without fuel

Vital services such as water desalination plants, sewage treatment facilities, and hospitals are grinding to a halt in Gaza due to the chronic lack of fuel, while many have been forced to shut down

Gaza City. Injured arrive at Al Shifa hospital.
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AidWatch 2014: Aid beyond 2015

Key messages and findings:Aid quantity:Despite growing humanitarian and development challenges, such as the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, EU aid is off track to meet the 0.7% aid target in

The impact of the Ukraine crisis on women, girls, and marginalised groups

Conflicts don’t impact all people equally. For women, girls, and marginalised groups, they face increased risks. Whether this is due to lack of access in times of crisis to key services, or because of

Veronika, a volunteer at Insight NGO an ActionAid partner, with her daughter Daniela at the Insight hub