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ActionAid responds to violence against peaceful protesters in Myanmar

As the political crisis in Myanmar continues to escalate with deadly crackdowns on peaceful protests, ActionAid stands in solidarity with the civil society organisations, movements and people

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Women protest rising violence and political corruption in Haiti

Women are taking to the streets in Haiti to protest against soaring levels of violence, kidnapping, rape and torture since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and escalating political crisis.

Women protest rising violence and political corruption in Haiti
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Meet the women on the frontlines of the Covid-19 crisis and rising gender-based violence in Haiti

Women and girls in Haiti are facing a rising tide of gender-based violence (GBV) triggered by the country’s ongoing political crisis, deteriorating security, rising poverty and Covid-19 restrictions

Mona Desir is a nurse and a member of a network of women leaders in Haiti.

Access to a Covid-19 vaccine is a human right no one should be denied

With almost 70% of Covid-19 vaccines being distributed in the richest countries, there is clearly a glaring inequality gap in access to vital treatment to protect against the virus. But nowhere is

Niveen Zam’areh is a midwife working in the Red Crescent Hospital in Hebron

Africa needs a People’s Vaccine – a Covid-19 vaccine accessible to everybody free of charge

Covid-19 has killed over a hundred thousand people across Africa, decimated African economies, and pushed millions of people into poverty and hunger with no end in sight unless there is a shift to

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Joint CSO statement on the arrest and detention of ActionAid Zambia's chair

We, the undersigned civil society organisations strongly condemn the arrest and detention of ActionAid Zambia and Zitukule Consortium chairperson Mr Partner Siabutuba in Choma on 10 March. 

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Concerns over clampdown on civil society in Zambia as ActionAid chair detained without charge

ActionAid International is watching the situation closely after Partner Siabutuba, chair of ActionAid Zambia, was released from police custody after nearly a week of being held without charge.

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Guiding principles and minimum standards on unpaid care and domestic work

Care and domestic work is at the heart of communities and is an integral component of economies all over the world. However, when it comes to unpaid care and domestic work, women bear a

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Why civil society organisations will boycott the UN’s Food Systems Summit unless there is a radical redirection away from corporate interests

Global food systems need a major overhaul. The UN Food Systems Summit is being billed as the answer – a forum to launch ‘bold new actions to transform the way the world produces and consumes food’

ActionAid Mozambique is providing resilient varieties of seed to those most affected by the climate emergency
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Cox’s Bazar: ActionAid supports families fleeing devastating blaze

A large and devastating fire has broken out in the Cox’s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp, which is home to more than a million Rohingya refugees. 

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