News releases from 2026

New human rights due diligence law for businesses is a win - but must cover environmental harm, too

5 November 2026

ActionAid responds as the UK government announces a new mandatory human rights due diligence law for businesses 

Women in Hebron describe seven days of terror during Israeli military incursion

29 October 2026

ActionAid is demanding an immediate end to the violence, for all movement restrictions to be lifted and for all Palestinians to be able to return to their homes. 

Bank tax raise is welcome - but polluter pays tax would help improve lives

28 October 2026

Banks tax raise is welcome but a 'polluter pays' tax would have raised more funds to improve people's lives, says ActionAid UK.

Gaza ceasefire exists in name only, say 100 organisations

8 October 2026

One year since the ceasefire agreement, more than 1,400 people have been killed by Israeli forces in
Gaza, nearly two million still need shelter, not a single hospital is fully functioning, and 1.4 million face
crisis-level hunger.

Three years on, Gaza needs a real ceasefire as humanitarian crisis deepens

2 October 2026

ActionAid and its local partner organisations are demanding a real ceasefire in Gaza that truly protects Palestinians, an end to Israel’s illegal occupation and an end to all restrictions on aid entering the territory

Nepal flood survivor fears for children's future

16 September 2026

“Everything we worked so hard for is gone”: Nepal flood survivor fears for children's future after losing husband and home

Illegal Israeli settlements trade ban is a significant if overdue step

8 September 2026

ActionAid prepares urgent relief following devastating Nepal floods

1 September 2026

Colombia Earthquake: Children keep asking "what if there's another..."

25 August 2026

Colombia earthquake: "Children keep asking their parents about what if there's another earthquake and their house falls down" 

“We don't have so much as a spoon”: Colombia earthquake devastates hundreds of homes in communities already facing decades of exclusion

14 August 2026

Women and community leaders across Chocó and Buenaventura are organising support and identifying urgent needs following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake, as ActionAid warns longstanding inequalities risk leaving Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in rural regions behind.