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‘Fear and panic’ in Gaza as Israeli military resumes intensive airstrikes

ActionAid statement in response to renewed attacks by Israeli forces in Gaza.

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Northern Gaza Residents Struggle on the Brink of Starvation and Disease as Food and Water Supplies Dwindle to Near Depletion

Half a million people in northern Gaza are facing severe food shortages and life-threatening illnesses due to the acute lack of food and water. As the death toll in Gaza reached a grim milestone of 10

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Women evicted from DRC camps face widespread sexual violence and forced marriage – ActionAid 

Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are being subjected to rape, sexual violence and forced marriage after being forced out of displacement camps and sent back to dangerous areas

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ActionAid signs open letter on the right to asylum

This open letter, signed by more than 121 organisations, calls on various international bodies to reaffirm the rights or refugees and asylum seekers.

How action on climate justice can be delivered at COP27

Ahead of the COP27 climate talks, ActionAid is setting out five climate justice benchmarks to build trust and deliver the action needed to address the Loss and Damage and Climate Justice.   

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Water crisis hits communities in southern Bangladesh

As world leaders gather for President Biden’s virtual climate summit this week, communities in southern Bangladesh – who are facing a severe water crisis – say climate action cannot wait for far-off

In the southern coastal districts of Satkhira and Barguna, families are being hit by a prolonged and unusual dry spell, which has affected groundwater supply, leading to increasing levels of salinity and a lack of clean, safe drinking water.
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Urgent appeal: Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza is under attack

ActionAid, a partner of Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia, Gaza

Al-Awda Hospital, Gaza
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Over 300 civil society organisations demand COP26 delivers finance for climate damages

More than 300 civil society organisations - including Climate Action Network, ActionAid International, Amnesty International, Greenpeace (global), WWF, 350.org, ITUC and PACJA - have sent an open

Women farmers wade through flooded rice fields in Mozambique

Never Give Up: the struggle for a birthright

This is the story of the Acholi people of Apaa, Uganda. They have routinely been displaced from their land and this is the story of their struggle for a land to call home.

The Apaa community triumphantly ends the month-long occupation
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ActionAid condemns Israeli Raids on Palestine’s Jenin Refugee Camp

ActionAid shares its grave concern and strong condemnation towards the Israeli military raids on Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank. Razmi Farook comments 'This violence must stop

The Rise of Palestinian Women's Leadership in Refugee Camps, Shatha’s speaking at a Bazaar