Clean water an urgent priority in Tongan tsunami response
Women trained as emergency first responders in Tonga through the Shifting the Power Coalition are mobilising rapidly to distribute clean water to their communities after water sources were polluted by
East Africa Food Crisis: “Now the world is ending”
Severe drought, chronic water shortages and now rising food and energy prices due to the war on Ukraine, are pushing families to the brink of survival.
New research: Local food and fuel prices more than triple in some of the world’s most at risk communities
The cost of food, fuel and fertiliser in some of the world’s poorest communities is soaring, with families spending double, triple and in some cases nearly four times what they were paying before
Bound by Blood: The reconciliation of women caught up in the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Twenty-eight years on from the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, two women on opposite sides of the conflict have spoken about reconciling their differences, thanks to support from ActionAid.
“Children are showing clear signs of malnutrition”: No celebrations for Eid al-Fitr in Gaza this year as people struggle to survive and the threat of a ground invasion of Rafah looms
There will be no celebrations to mark Eid al-Fitr in Gaza this year,
“The untreated sewage channels are now between the tents": Gaza faces environmental disaster after eight months of crisis
Today on World Environment Day (June 5), ActionAid is highlighting the devastating impact that eight months of bombardment
Transforming the Financing of Education
Faced with an education timebomb, Presidents and Prime Ministers will gather in New York for an unprecedented Transforming Education Summit in September. Never before have Heads of State been convened
New ActionAid research shows stark reality of Covid-19’s impact on young women’s lives in the developing world
ActionAid surveyed 1,219 young women living in urban areas across India, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa revealing lockdown measures have aggravated the pre-existing inequalities they face.
ActionAid in Brussels
ActionAid's office in Brussels is seeking to ensure that European Union domestic and external policies contribute to human rights and sustainable development in the Global South.
On World Refugee Day: Why the world needs to stop being racist to refugees
Following the war in Ukraine, there are now a staggering 100 million forcibly displaced people around the world. That means 100 million people who have had to flee; leave jobs, livelihoods and family