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The EU must end preferential trade with Israel and uphold international law.

ActionAid responds to the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels today.  The EU Foreign Affairs Council’s failure to ...
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IMF Annual Meetings: Austerity is not a solution, it’s a cycle of harm, says ActionAid

ActionAid has condemned the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for continuing to push austerity and budget cuts at its Annual ...
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This ceasefire announcement: "Must be used as a springboard to end the Israeli genocide and unlawful occupation."

Jamil Sawalmeh, Country Director of ActionAid Palestine, comments on todays ceasefire announcement. We have the hopeful news ...
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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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The industries fuelling the climate crisis are draining public funds in the Global South, new ActionAid report reveals

Climate-wrecking fossil fuel and industrial agriculture sectors are squeezing climate-hit countries for over US$600 billion in public subsidies every year. ActionAid’s groundbreaking new report on the ...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...