All the latest breaking news, press releases and comment from ActionAid UK's media team.
11 December 2017
Mike Noyes, Deputy Director of Humanitarian Policy and Practice at ActionAid UK, responds to the Foreign Affairs Committee’s (FAC) report on violence in Rakhine State and the UK’s response.
Continue reading6 December 2017
Statistics released by ActionAid today reveal 14 million girls around the world - equivalent to the population of greater London - could face a new year displaced from their homes.
Continue reading14 September 2017
Action Against Hunger UK, ActionAid UK, Christian Aid, Save the Children UK and the International Rescue Committee UK issue a joint statement calling for an end to violence in Myanmar and immediate access for humanitarian aid.
Continue reading8 September 2017
ActionAid strongly condemns the attacks carried out on 25 August and the spiralling violence that has followed across Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State.
Continue reading15 August 2017
More than 300 people have been killed in mudslides and flooding near Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, following heavy rains.
Continue reading26 July 2017
ActionAid UK's Tax Policy Adviser responds to University of Amsterdam report finding that five countries, the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore and Ireland, together account for 47 percent of all global investment flows into tax havens
Continue reading18 July 2017
Following a government report on transparency of UK Aid budget spend, ActionAid UK seeks re-opening of International Development Committee inquiry on aid budget management by non–DFID departments.
Continue reading11 July 2017
ActionAid urges the Family Planning Summit to acknowledge the effect domestic violence has on reproductive rights.
Continue reading11 July 2017
A new ActionAid report provides detailed evidence of the link between domestic violence and women and girls’ ability to control their bodies and fertility.
Continue reading20 June 2017
The UK government is making a vital effort to provide desperately needed food to Somalia and Ethiopia and we support Priti Patel’s ongoing commitment to the region.
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