News releases from 2020

All the latest breaking news, press releases and comment from ActionAid UK's media team.

ActionAid's response to DFID/FCO merger

16 June 2020

The announcement today to merge the Department for International Development with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office will sabotage the UK’s ability to respond effectively to the biggest crisis we have faced in a century, at home and abroad. DFID’s hard-won reputation as a world leader in global development is based on long-standing expertise that is critical to tackling the Covid-19 crisis, as well as uplifting the rights of women and girls around the world.
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ActionAid UK supports GADN’s anti-racism statement

10 June 2020

ActionAid UK is endorsing the Gender and Development Network’s (GADN) statement of solidarity on anti-racism. ActionAid UK is a member of the network which works to promote gender equality and women’s rights in international development, and we strongly believe in aligning with and amplifying the voices of allies like GADN in the struggle against inequality, injustice and poverty.
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ActionAid's response: Report on UK aid effectiveness

9 June 2020

Farah Nazeer, Deputy Director of Advocacy at ActionAid UK, responds to the International Development Committee’s interim report on the effectiveness of UK aid.
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ActionAid provides support to Cyclone Amphan survivors

26 May 2020

ActionAid’s emergency teams are supporting communities as they face the devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan, amid the rising threat of Covid-19.
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Covid-19 “could spread like wildfire” in Cox’s Bazar

15 May 2020

Farah Kabir, Country Director at ActionAid Bangladesh, is available for video interviews about the risk to Cox’s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp following two confirmed cases of Covid-19.
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Myanmar’s garment workers at risk of violence

1 May 2020

As the UN finds that nearly half the world’s workers are at risk of losing their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic, ActionAid is warning of the dire situation facing garment workers in Myanmar.
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Covid-19: ActionAid warns about impact of famine

23 April 2020

As the World Food Programme reports the number suffering hunger could increase from 135 million to 250 million, ActionAid raises concern over communities already suffering food crises.
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A letter of support from HRH Prince Charles

6 April 2020

We're really grateful to our patron, His Royal Highness Prince Charles, for this letter of support for ActionAid and our work during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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ActionAid responds to the decision to delay COP26

2 April 2020

As the Covid-19 crisis continues to escalate globally, the United Nations has announced that the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) will be delayed.
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ActionAid comments on Covid-19 and domestic violence

1 April 2020

Lee Margaret Webster, Deputy Director of International Development Policy and Practice at ActionAid UK, comments on the increased risk of domestic violence due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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News releases from 2020

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