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Who Cares for the Future: finance gender responsive public services!

Who cares for the future: finance gender responsive public services! is a landmark report produced by ActionAid looking at the links between financing public services that meet the needs of women and

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ActionAid responds to IMF debt relief announcement

ActionAid responds to the IMF debt relief announcement of immediate debt relief for 25 countries.

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ActionAid USA's response to Trump's statement on cutting WHO funding

Brandon Wu, Director of Policy & Campaigns at ActionAid USA responds to Donald Trump, president United States, stating he would halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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News

ActionAid responds to Shell's 'net zero' pledge

Responding to fossil fuel giant Shell’s announcement that it plans to adopt a climate target of ‘net zero’ by 2050

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Opinion

IMF meetings fail to agree support to protect developing countries from COVID19

The virtual Spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and G20 finance ministers ended last week, having failed to deliver on the immediate cash injection needed to mitigate the looming

News

For a Europe that cares for all – during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

This open letter, signed by ActionAid and other civil society organisations, sets out our hopes and aspirations for the EU in a post-COVID-19 world.

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Publication

ActionAid's education response to COVID-19

ActionAid’s ten point call to action for education during Covid-19 provides guidance to staff and partners working on education to effectively engage with governments in their respective countries and

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News

"Inequality is the mother of all pre-existing conditions" 

We must revisit the fundamental values that underpin financing for development. Human solidarity and wellbeing; not just economic growth, national self-interest, nor profit, should be the basis for

ActionAid International chair Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda

Record numbers displaced by extreme weather disasters

ActionAid reports on the new figures from the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), show record numbers of displacements fuelled by

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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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