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ActionAid reaction to relocation of COP25 climate negotiations to Madrid, Spain

Harjeet Singh, Global Lead on Climate Change for ActionAid International says:

"The shifting of COP25 from Chile to Madrid with only four weeks’ notice presents real barriers to participation for

ActionAid's press statement on relocation of COP25 climate negotiations to Madrid, Spain
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Cancelling COP in Chile must not delay progress on climate justice

The Chilean government has pulled out of hosting the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) climate summit due to continuing protests against rising inequality.

Harjeet Singh, global lead on climate

Young people and citizens in Ghana engage in the Climate Strike
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Communiqué: Smallholder women farmers call for agroecology and promotion of their rights

We are members of the National Women Farmers’ Movement, an advocacy group of smallholder women farmers from nine regions in Ghana: the Upper East, Upper West, Northern, North East, Bono, Ahafo, Bono

Members of the National Women Farmers' Movement present their communique to government through Sagre Bambangi, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in Charge of Annual Crops
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SEX FOR GRADES: ACTIONAID GHANA JOINS CALL FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS

ActionAid is a global justice federation working in over 45 countries to achieve social justice, gender equality, and poverty eradication. Throughout the world, ActionAid works to strengthen the

Sex for Grades: ActionAid Ghana Joins call for the Protection of the Rights of Women and Girls
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Press release: ActionAid joins global climate strike

As world leaders head to New York for the 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and Climate Action Summit, the worldwide marches and actions will send a clear message that people of all ages and

The seas are rising, and so must we!
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Calls for greater action from the South African government following rise in violence against women and xenophobic attacks

As leaders of ActionAid programmes across Africa, we are gravely concerned, shocked and grieved by the continuing wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. As South African civil society

People protesting at the #SandtonShutdown demonstration
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Communiqué: Annual Young Urban Women’s Movement (YUWM) Conference

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 2ND ANNUAL YOUNG URBAN WOMEN’S MOVEMENT (YUWM) CONFERENCE HELD AT THE MIKLIN HOTEL ACCRA, 5 SEPTEMBER 2019

We are members of the Young Urban Women’s Movement made

Young Urban Women's Movement (YUWM) in Ghana's logo
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Campaigners celebrate historic international law to end violence and harassment in the world of work

Campaigners are celebrating after a historic international law to end violence and harassment in the world of work has today been adopted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Rahima (pseudonym) works at a garment factory and frequently does twelve-hour shifts.
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Adriano Campolina, Secretary General, will be leaving ActionAid in September 2019

Adriano Campolina, Secretary General of ActionAid, will be leaving in September, 2019

Adriano Campolina, Secretary General of ActionAid will be leaving in September, 2019

Communiqué from the Africa Climate Week, 18th - 22nd March 2019

The 2019 Africa Climate Week held in Accra under the theme, “Climate Action in Africa: A Race We Can Win” was reported to have brought together around 3,000 participants including governments’

Members of the National Smallholder Women Farmers' Movement at the Africa Climate Week