ActionAid’s Women by Women Exhibition at Oxo Tower
17 September 2021
ActionAid launches its second Women by Women photography exhibition Shattering Stereotypes at the Oxo Tower wharf gallery in London.
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News releases from 2021
All the latest breaking news, press releases and comment from ActionAid UK's media team.
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ActionAid opens #MyBodyIsMine temporary tattoo studio
17 September 2021
ActionAid UK launches #MyBodyIsMine pop-up temporary tattoo studio in Carnaby to raise funds for the charity's vital work with women and girls living in poverty.
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ActionAid responds as Haiti struck by 7.2 magnitude earthquake
14 August 2021
ActionAid’s emergency teams are assessing urgent needs and preparing to respond after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck south-western Haiti at around 8.30am local time on Saturday 14 August.
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Decision on UK aid unforgivable for women and girls
13 July 2021
Frances Longley, Chief Executive of ActionAid UK, responds to the Government winning the vote on aid cuts, and aid spending being tied to a “double lock” of Government borrowing and spending.
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G7 pledges for gender equality not enough
11 June 2021
Frances Longley, Chief Executive of ActionAid UK, comments on pledges made today by G7 leaders.
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UK government must stop cuts to aid budget
8 June 2021
Frances Longley, Chief Executive of ActionAid UK, comments on Monday's ruling that the proposed ammendment to stop the UK aid cut was out of scope of the ARIA bill.
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Gaza: ActionAid calls for peace and humanitarian access
21 May 2021
Responding to the ceasefire called in Gaza following 11 days and nights of violence, ActionAid calls for lasting peace and urgent access for humanitarian relief.
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UK Gov’t must support Covid-19 vaccine waiver
7 May 2021
ActionAid UK urges the Government to step up and support the waiving of Intellectual Property rights on Covid-19 vaccines.
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Frances Longley joins ActionAid UK as new CEO
27 April 2021
The international charity working with women and girls living in poverty has appointed Frances Longley, from CARE International UK, as its new CEO.
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Phoebe Dynevor joins ActionAid UK as Ambassador
22 March 2021
Phoebe Dynevor star of Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton‘ joins ActionAid UK as an Ambassador.
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