All the latest breaking news, press releases and comment from ActionAid UK's media team.
1 May 2020
As the UN finds that nearly half the world’s workers are at risk of losing their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic, ActionAid is warning of the dire situation facing garment workers in Myanmar.
Continue reading6 April 2020
We're really grateful to our patron, His Royal Highness Prince Charles, for this letter of support for ActionAid and our work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2 April 2020
As the Covid-19 crisis continues to escalate globally, the United Nations has announced that the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) will be delayed.
Continue reading1 April 2020
Lee Margaret Webster, Deputy Director of International Development Policy and Practice at ActionAid UK, comments on the increased risk of domestic violence due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Continue reading17 March 2020
ActionAid UK is preparing for how this Covid-19 outbreak will affect our life-changing work with women and girls living in poverty. Over the next few months, we will be working to ensure we can support those who will be most vulnerable to this virus and can continue changing the world with women and girls.
Continue reading13 February 2020
A comment from Mike Noyes, Deputy Director for Humanitarian at ActionAid UK, on the government’s decision to appoint Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP as the Secretary of State for the Department for International Development.
Continue reading4 February 2020
ActionAid welcomes the launch of the UN climate summit (COP26) to be held in Glasgow this November.
Continue reading24 January 2020
Rachel Noble, Senior Policy Specialist on Women's Economic Rights at ActionAid UK comments on the African Investment Summit, where African women's rights organisations were not invited to the summit.
Continue reading9 January 2020
Farah Nazeer, Deputy Director of Advocacy at ActionAid UK responds to a report from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) into the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative.
Continue reading7 January 2020
Farah Nazeer, Deputy Director of Advocacy at ActionAid UK, responds to the report that the Department for International Development will not be merged into the Foreign Office as part of Whitehall reforms.
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