All the latest breaking news, press releases and comment from ActionAid UK's media team.
7 December 2022
Rishi Sunak must act now to help prevent a huge humanitarian catastrophe in East Africa, ActionAid UK former heads of DFID and the heads of many of the UK’s leading aid agencies have warned in a joint letter to the Prime Minister today.
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24 November 2022
ActionAid and Latitude Festival to host ‘Stand Up With Women’ comedy event with all-star line-up, tickets on sale from 24 November 2022, event to be held on 19 January 2023 at comedy club 21Soho in London.
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A new ActionAid UK report released on Gender Day at COP has found that women and girls are facing increasing and multiple risks as the climate crisis worsens.
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9 November 2022
Our response to the UK’s announcement to treble climate finance to £1.5bn by 2025.
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Our response to the new Prime Minister announcement, calling on Rishi Sunak to put women and girls’ rights at the heart of foreign policy.
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Statement from ActionAid UK on the death of HRH Queen Elizabeth II.
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Our response to new Prime Minister announcement; we call on Liz Truss to keep her promises to women and girls around the world.
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International charity ActionAid UK has appointed John Good as interim Chief Executive whilst the organisation recruits for a permanent CEO. Good, who has 15 years of financial and strategic experience in the not-for-profit sector, has served as Chief Operating Officer at ActionAid UK since 2016.
Continue reading19 August 2022
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in the UK has today announced £36 million in UK humanitarian funding to help people in Ukraine, East Africa and Syria. Countries in the East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia) are currently experiencing the worst drought on record, with more than 20 million people facing severe hunger and water shortages in this region alone.
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It is time to end the blockade and stop denying Palestinians their human rights.
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