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ActionAid Ghana calls for an increase in budgetary allocation to the Education Sector

The outlook for basic education especially is troubling, with an average annual expenditure growth set at only three per cent which is well below the expected rate of inflation. Without increased

International Education Day
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Ghanaian Civil Society Call on Private Lenders to Cancel External Debt

In the statement the signatories: “welcome Ghana’s suspension of most external debt payments until creditors agree to cancel enough debt to make it sustainable.” They point out that the high-interest

Tax Justice Press Release
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ActionAid Ghana awarded Best NGO in the fight against gender-based violence

Reducing violence against women and girls has been a key thematic area in ActionAid's programme and campaign work. In this thematic area, ActionAid mobilises, organises and supports women and girls to

MoGCSP Award
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ActionAid hands over girl-friendly school facilities to two communities in Ahafo Region

ActionAid Ghana’s advocacy on access to quality girl-friendly public basic education has received another boost as a two-unit kindergarten block as well as a Junior High School block with ancillary

Model School Commissioning
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ActionAid hails loss and damage fund outcome at COP27 as victory for people living on the front lines of climate disasters 

A decision at COP27 to establish a loss and damage fund for communities living on the front lines of climate disasters has been hailed a victory by climate justice organisation ActionAid. 

After

COP27
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G77 loss and damage funding proposal is ‘clear and sensible’ and developed countries need to stop delaying, says ActionAid

Commenting on the published G77 draft proposal, Teresa Anderson, Global Lead for Climate Justice at ActionAid International, said: “The G77 represents 6 out of 7 people on the planet. They are the

Loss and Damage
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ActionAid set to host National Climate Change Seminar

ActionAid Ghana is set to host the Maiden Edition of its annual Climate Change seminar for Civil Society Organisations, Government Agencies, Academia and climate activists.

The two-day event which is

National Climate Change Seminar
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New report exposes the extent of IMF’s ‘pink washing’

ActionAid and Public Services International have published a new report exposing the devasting impact public sector cuts are having on women in low-income countries, who face a triple threat of losing

Public Vs Auterity
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Climate crisis to blame for high rates of cholera, says ActionAid

The charity says outbreaks in Malawi and Haiti illustrate how climate change will increase the risk of cholera around the world.
After years of declining cholera cases, ActionAid has become

Loss and Damage
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ActionAid Signs Partnership with University of Environment and Sustainable Development

ActionAid Ghana (AAG) has signed a partnership agreement with the Department of Water Resources and Sustainable Development of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) to

AAG MoU with UESD