UK aid delivery into Gaza is barely a sticking plaster
13 March 2024
UK aid delivery of 150 tonnes into Gaza is little more than a sticking plaster on a gaping wound amidst extreme hunger.
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News releases from 2024
All the latest breaking news, press releases and comment from ActionAid UK's media team.
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Our new interim co-leadership to drive forward global mission
12 March 2024
Three women directors are to step into new roles as interim co-CEOs.
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Palestinians face risk of famine and restrictions to worship as Ramadan begins
11 March 2024
Dates reportedly turned away at Rafah border for risk stones will be used as weapons as Ramadan begins, whilst Palestinians in Gaza face the risk of famine.
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International Women's Day: Urgent ceasefire needed in Gaza
7 March 2024
This International Women's Day we are calling for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and for protections in the West Bank amidst acute crisis impacting women.
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Aid system in Gaza at brink of total collapse as risk of famine looms
6 March 2024
The aid system in Gaza is at the brink of total collapse as women give birth to stillborn babies and the risk of famine looms large.
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Statement on sexual violence in Gaza and Israel
6 March 2024
ActionAid calls for every act of sexual violence against women and girls in Gaza and Israel to be investigated.
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ICAI “calls into question the UK’s role as a climate leader”
29 February 2024
Instead of providing the funding to adapt to climate change, the UK's cynical accounting trick also endangers the UK's development commitments.
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Gazans starve as food aid blocked; UN warns famine is imminent
28 February 2024
“People have begun to wish for death”: People in Gaza are starving as food aid is blocked from entering Rafah, with UN officials warning that famine is impending.
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"Utter paralysis in parliament” over Gaza vote
21 February 2024
Halima Begum, CEO of ActionAid UK, said: “We are extremely disappointed to see the utter paralysis in Parliament this evening.
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Children in northern Gaza are dying of malnutrition
20 February 2024
“We have lost a large number of children...if there is no urgent response, we will lose more and more”: Children in northern Gaza dying as a result of malnutrition amid worsening food crisis.
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