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‘A double tragedy’: ActionAid hears from displaced families battling Ebola and conflict in the DRC

Amid the evolving nature of the Ebola virus outbreak in Ituri Province, ActionAid has heard from internally displaced people ...
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Our work in action

Engaging communities in the work towards eradicating female genital mutiliation and early and forced marriage: Edna's story.
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A third of people affected by Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh still ‘traumatised’ and struggling with physical and mental health a decade on, new research by ActionAid shows

Dhaka, Bangladesh: New research by humanitarian organisation ActionAid has revealed the continuing challenges being endured by survivors of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Dhaka on the 24 April ...
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Costs of climate inaction: displacement and distress migration

Political failure to limit global warming to below 2°C, as per the Paris agreement goal, is already driving 18 million climate migrants from their homes in 2020. New analysis, released today, ...
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Fifty Years of Failure: The IMF, Debt and Austerity in Africa

ActionAid’s report ‘Fifty Years of Failure: the IMF, Debt and Austerity in Africa’ is based on new research and powerful personal testimonies from across 10 African countries. It is timed to coincide ...
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Women in Gaza resort to using scraps of tent in place of period products and go weeks without showering amid dire humanitarian conditions

Women and girls in Gaza are resorting to unsafe ways of managing their periods amid a severe shortage of period products and catastrophic humanitarian conditions. ActionAid has heard that some ...
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Climate Finance for Just Transition: How the Finance Flows

Barely any climate finance is going to support workers and communities to undertake just transitions. It is time for climate policy makers to make sure that people’s priorities are front and centre of ...
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Who Cares for the Future: finance gender responsive public services!

There are also other supporting documents available at the foot of the page. The report is based on extensive and ambitious new research: on IMF programmes and policy advice affecting public services ...
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Financing the Future: Delivering Quality Education as Envisioned in Sustainable Development Goal 4

As the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approaches, progress on delivering inclusive, gender responsive, quality public education for all as envisioned in SDG 4 has been ...
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How the Finance Flows: The banks fuelling the climate crisis

Find out more about ActionAid’s groundbreaking new research into the financial flows fuelling industrial agriculture and fossil fuels – the two industries that are the largest contributors to climate ...
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'The political situation is concerning, but we're hopeful the transition will lead to positive change,’ says ActionAid Bangladesh

Reacting to the recent protests and developing political transition in Bangladesh, ActionAid said: ‘ActionAid stands in solidarity with the young people in Bangladesh who have courageously raised ...
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Rise in injured patients arriving at Al-Awda Hospital following Gaza City attacks, as facility faces urgent need for medical supplies and fuel

Staff at Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza say they have received an influx of injured patients from Gaza City in recent days since the Israeli military ramped up its attacks on the area. Doctors at ...