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ActionAid is deeply concerned about the escalating situation in the West Bank

ActionAid says: “We are deeply concerned about the escalating situation in the West Bank, where incidents of violence have soared and daily life is increasingly becoming unliveable for Palestinians as

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Statement on the armed attack on Kasese School 

On the night of Friday 16th June 2023, Lhubiriha Secondary School, in Southwestern border town of Mpondwe, Kasese district was attacked

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“Climate change is real, and it has brought many challenges.”

In East Africa, historic drought has pushed communities in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Somaliland to the brink of survival. Around 37 million people face severe hunger as the fifth rainy season fails

Rosemary, an agro-pastoralist and community leader living through climate change impacts in Isiolo, Kenya
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'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

Dalia, a 18-year-old girl, standing in her family house in Gaza, where her and the rest of the family almost got killed by a fire from their candles. The electricity supply in Gaza is sporadic and often lasts between four and six hours a day.
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Still racing toward the bottom? Corporate tax incentives in East Africa

In 2012, ActionAid and Tax Justice Network Africa published a report containing estimates of how much revenue East African countries were losing by providing tax incentives.1 Tax incentives often

Supporting fair tax systems

This report looks at how countries in the global south can mobilise the needed revenues for investments to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, save lives and protect people's livelihoods.

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The Care Contradiction: The IMF, Gender and Austerity

This report exposes the devastating impact public sector cuts are having on women in low income countries, who face a triple threat of losing access to services, having fewer opportunities to access

Women work together in an ActionAid supported cooperative in Rwanda.
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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

When leaders act like children

This blog by Sesheeni Joud Selvaratnam, International Programme and Policy Lead, questions why we don't see more action from our leaders and asks why we don't pay attention to our young activist

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Climate migrants pushed to the brink

This policy brief delves into some of these aspects and presents the initial findings of research on climate change-induced migration internally in three countries in South Asia — Afghanistan

Children stand in front of tents in a camp for internally displaced people in Afghanistan