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Gender Justice Over Corporate Profits: A Gender Analysis of the Omnibus Proposal
In April 2024, the European Union adopted an ambitious and important legislation: the Corporate Due Diligence Duty (CSDDD), ...
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“Gaza is hell on earth”: ActionAid’s colleagues and partners displaced and going hungry amid intensive bombing, as charity demands siege is lifted now
ActionAid’s colleagues and partners are reporting hellish conditions in Gaza as bombing intensifies and supplies run out. Hundreds of people have been killed and nearly 100,000 have been displaced in ...
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Africa is owed US$36 trillion in climate debt by rich polluting countries, a new report by ActionAid shows
Ahead of the African Union (AU) Summit next week, a new report by ActionAid reveals that over three-quarters of all lower-income countries spend more on foreign debt than on their own healthcare ...
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Democratic Republic of Congo: ActionAid calls for urgent action to prevent “spiralling” humanitarian crisis
In response to the escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ActionAid DRC’s Country Director, Yakubu Mohammed Saani, said: “ActionAid is extremely alarmed by the ...
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Having a climate denier in the White House poses new barriers to climate action, says ActionAid
Commenting on the outcome of the election, ActionAid USA’s Executive Director, Niranjali Amerasinghe, said: “As the climate crisis escalates, communities on the front lines will feel that the outcome ...
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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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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 ...
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“Enough is enough, the world cannot continue to watch as the war on Gaza continues to put millions of lives at risk,” say civil society activists at the UN CSO Conference
Hundreds of global activists are mobilising in solidarity with Palestine at the United Nations Civil Society Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire that ...
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How Barclays' continuous destructive funding is pushing our climate to the brink
Barclays is Europe’s leading financier of fossil fuels globally and the largest fossil fuel financier in Africa. Between 2016 and 2022, it provided US$29.6 billion in financing for fossil fuel ...
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Over 18 million girls missing school in Africa as continent loses USD29 billion in education funding through flawed taxation
A staggering 18.8m girls are out of primary school in Africa according to a new report by the Tax and Education (TaxEd) Alliance and its allies. Each year, Africa loses US$29 billion in education ...
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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 ...