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ActionAid welcomes DFID's new Secretary of State
13/02/2020A 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.
ActionAid welcomes the launch of the UN climate summit
04/02/2020Harjeet Singh, ActionAid’s climate lead, calls for global civil society to be directly involved in the UN Climate Summit (COP26) to ensure that the experiences and expertise of those on the frontline of the climate crisis are heard.
ActionAid’s response to African Investment Summit
24/01/2020Rachel 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.
We must learn from Hague and Jolie’s scheme
09/01/2020Farah 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.
Response to reports that DFID remains independent
07/01/2020Farah 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. DFID is vital for those those struggling to survive climate change, poverty and disease – especially women and girls. There is public support for the aid the UK delivers through DFID – over 45,000 people have signed petitions calling on the Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to merge the department with the Foreign Office.