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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

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
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

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

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

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

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

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).

Adriano Campolina, Secretary General, will be leaving ActionAid 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’