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ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. Our dedicated local staff are changing the world with women and girls. actionaid.org.uk
Huge thanks to @Service95 and journalist Rachel Hagan @rachelhagan_ for spotlighting 11 incredible women supported by ActionAid who are proving that real climate leadership starts on the ground - read the full story here: https://bit.ly/49SKbWo
Meet 11 Women Proving Real Climate Leadership Starts On The Ground
As world leaders begin discussions in Brazil for COP30, the air feels thick with contradiction. Three decades after the first Earth Summit promised salvation, the rainforest that once symbolised ho
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November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Huge thanks to @Service95 and journalist Rachel Hagan @rachelhagan_ for spotlighting 11 incredible women supported by ActionAid who are proving that real climate leadership starts on the ground - read the full story here: https://bit.ly/49SKbWo
Young people are making their voices heard at #COP30, ensuring their voices and experiences are part of the debate that will shape the future of Brazil, and the entire planet.
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Young people are making their voices heard at #COP30, ensuring their voices and experiences are part of the debate that will shape the future of Brazil, and the entire planet.
"We adapt because we must, but we cannot adapt to extinction."
Farah Kabir, Country Director of @AABangladesh, spoke to @tbsnewsbd about #COP30 and the call for simple, grant-based support that reaches local people directly instead of pushing countries deeper into debt.
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Farah Kabir, Country Director of @AABangladesh, spoke to @tbsnewsbd about #COP30 and the call for simple, grant-based support that reaches local people directly instead of pushing countries deeper into debt.
https://bit.ly/4nShxrV
Finance must follow the suffering: Farah Kabir slams weak commitment behind Loss and Damage pledges
In a written interview with The Business Standard, the Country Director of ActionAid Bangladesh called for simple, grant-based support that reaches local people directly instead of pushing countries d...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"We adapt because we must, but we cannot adapt to extinction."
Farah Kabir, Country Director of @AABangladesh, spoke to @tbsnewsbd about #COP30 and the call for simple, grant-based support that reaches local people directly instead of pushing countries deeper into debt.
https://bit.ly/4nShxrV
Farah Kabir, Country Director of @AABangladesh, spoke to @tbsnewsbd about #COP30 and the call for simple, grant-based support that reaches local people directly instead of pushing countries deeper into debt.
https://bit.ly/4nShxrV
"Mothers sheltering in tents tell us they are dreading the drop in temperatures, as they wonder how they will be able to keep their newborn babies alive without warm clothes and blankets," Riham Jafari from ActionAid Palestine tells @TheNewArab
Full story here: https://bit.ly/4nHCcPm
Full story here: https://bit.ly/4nHCcPm
Israel blocks NGOs, restricts aid into Gaza ahead of winter
Israel’s new system for allowing NGOS into Gaza will significantly restrict resources and has been called another tool for Tel Aviv to exert control.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Mothers sheltering in tents tell us they are dreading the drop in temperatures, as they wonder how they will be able to keep their newborn babies alive without warm clothes and blankets," Riham Jafari from ActionAid Palestine tells @TheNewArab
Full story here: https://bit.ly/4nHCcPm
Full story here: https://bit.ly/4nHCcPm
New poll: Over 70% of Britons say children will pay price of climate inaction. More here: https://bit.ly/4opcJLz
New poll: Over 70% of Britons say children will pay price of climate inaction
The UK public fears today’s children will pay the price of climate inaction, reveals a new poll by ActionAid UK, as Keir Starmer and other world leaders speak at COP30
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November 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
New poll: Over 70% of Britons say children will pay price of climate inaction. More here: https://bit.ly/4opcJLz
HSBC’s weakened climate targets 'send a dangerous signal'. More here: https://bit.ly/3LunHAU
HSBC’s weakened climate targets 'send a dangerous signal'
By watering down its climate commitments ahead of COP30, the bank is abandoning its responsibility to people and the planet in favour of chasing profits, warns ActionAid UK
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November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
HSBC’s weakened climate targets 'send a dangerous signal'. More here: https://bit.ly/3LunHAU
“Keir Starmer’s attendance at COP30 shows the UK recognises the need for climate leadership – which is a promising first step to these negotiations. The country owes a climate debt it cannot ignore." Read our full statement on the Prime Minister's COP 30 speech: https://bit.ly/3LrDtMW
UK owes a climate debt it cannot ignore. COP30 must lead to action
ActionAid UK says COP30 must lead to action as Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his national statement at the leaders' summit in Brazil
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November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Keir Starmer’s attendance at COP30 shows the UK recognises the need for climate leadership – which is a promising first step to these negotiations. The country owes a climate debt it cannot ignore." Read our full statement on the Prime Minister's COP 30 speech: https://bit.ly/3LrDtMW
A #JustTransition in #Brazil means power with people.
Communities like the Babassu Coconut breakers are leading the change.
What does it mean for you?
#justtransitionrising #fundourfuture #COP30
Communities like the Babassu Coconut breakers are leading the change.
What does it mean for you?
#justtransitionrising #fundourfuture #COP30
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A #JustTransition in #Brazil means power with people.
Communities like the Babassu Coconut breakers are leading the change.
What does it mean for you?
#justtransitionrising #fundourfuture #COP30
Communities like the Babassu Coconut breakers are leading the change.
What does it mean for you?
#justtransitionrising #fundourfuture #COP30
25 years of the Women, Peace & Security agenda, but from Gaza to Colombia, too many women are still shut out of peace processes. Our new blog asks: Whose security counts? https://bit.ly/47pHJFj
#WPS25
#WPS25
Twenty-five years of Women Peace and Security: what, exactly, are we celebrating?
It has been 25 years since the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the foundational document of the Women, Peace & Security (WPS) agenda. WPS emerged from a bold feminist demand: women m...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
25 years of the Women, Peace & Security agenda, but from Gaza to Colombia, too many women are still shut out of peace processes. Our new blog asks: Whose security counts? https://bit.ly/47pHJFj
#WPS25
#WPS25
As winter approaches, people in Gaza are going to extreme lengths in order to keep themselves warm and fed.
You can provide the people of Gaza with essentials such as food and cooking fuel by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can provide the people of Gaza with essentials such as food and cooking fuel by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
As winter approaches, people in Gaza are going to extreme lengths in order to keep themselves warm and fed.
You can provide the people of Gaza with essentials such as food and cooking fuel by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can provide the people of Gaza with essentials such as food and cooking fuel by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
Tariq was a teacher in Gaza before the war. Here he shares the extreme lengths his family went to just to survive over the last two years.
You can help provide the people of Gaza with urgently-needed humanitarian assistance using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can help provide the people of Gaza with urgently-needed humanitarian assistance using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Tariq was a teacher in Gaza before the war. Here he shares the extreme lengths his family went to just to survive over the last two years.
You can help provide the people of Gaza with urgently-needed humanitarian assistance using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can help provide the people of Gaza with urgently-needed humanitarian assistance using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
As the colder months approach, thousands of people including children and the elderly are still living without adequate shelter in Gaza.
You can help provide humanitarian assistance by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can help provide humanitarian assistance by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
As the colder months approach, thousands of people including children and the elderly are still living without adequate shelter in Gaza.
You can help provide humanitarian assistance by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can help provide humanitarian assistance by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
Despite the ceasefire being announced, many people in Gaza are still reeling from two years of war.
With their livelihoods and homes destroyed, buying something as basic as food is out of touch for many.
You can help by donating to the Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
With their livelihoods and homes destroyed, buying something as basic as food is out of touch for many.
You can help by donating to the Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Despite the ceasefire being announced, many people in Gaza are still reeling from two years of war.
With their livelihoods and homes destroyed, buying something as basic as food is out of touch for many.
You can help by donating to the Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
With their livelihoods and homes destroyed, buying something as basic as food is out of touch for many.
You can help by donating to the Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
As winter approaches, pregnant women and new mothers in Gaza are facing unbearable conditions.
You can support mothers and pregnant women in Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can support mothers and pregnant women in Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
October 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As winter approaches, pregnant women and new mothers in Gaza are facing unbearable conditions.
You can support mothers and pregnant women in Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can support mothers and pregnant women in Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
This winter thousands of women in Gaza are expected to give birth in tents as temperatures begin to drop and the threat of disease and hypothermia grows.
You can support mothers and pregnant women in Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can support mothers and pregnant women in Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
October 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This winter thousands of women in Gaza are expected to give birth in tents as temperatures begin to drop and the threat of disease and hypothermia grows.
You can support mothers and pregnant women in Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can support mothers and pregnant women in Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
https://bit.ly/4gehXoy
As winter approaches, pregnant women and new mothers in Gaza are facing unbearable conditions and giving birth in tents without essentials like food or medical care.
Aid must enter Gaza unimpeded and immediately. Full statement here: https://bit.ly/4nEMMXv
Aid must enter Gaza unimpeded and immediately. Full statement here: https://bit.ly/4nEMMXv
Pregnant women and babies in Gaza face deadly winter without aid
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October 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
As winter approaches, pregnant women and new mothers in Gaza are facing unbearable conditions and giving birth in tents without essentials like food or medical care.
Aid must enter Gaza unimpeded and immediately. Full statement here: https://bit.ly/4nEMMXv
Aid must enter Gaza unimpeded and immediately. Full statement here: https://bit.ly/4nEMMXv
ActionAid is one of 41 organisations operating on the ground in Gaza calling on the Government of Israel to uphold its commitments under the ceasefire agreement and international law and let humanitarian aid flow freely.
Read the full statement here: bit.ly/4o86ko2
Read the full statement here: bit.ly/4o86ko2
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
ActionAid is one of 41 organisations operating on the ground in Gaza calling on the Government of Israel to uphold its commitments under the ceasefire agreement and international law and let humanitarian aid flow freely.
Read the full statement here: bit.ly/4o86ko2
Read the full statement here: bit.ly/4o86ko2
For many of the people in Gaza who have survived the two years of war, the future still looks difficult.
They still urgently needed humanitarian assistance if they are to survive and rebuild their lives. You can help provide it by donating to the Gaza Appeal using the link below.
bit.ly/4gehXoy
They still urgently needed humanitarian assistance if they are to survive and rebuild their lives. You can help provide it by donating to the Gaza Appeal using the link below.
bit.ly/4gehXoy
October 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
For many of the people in Gaza who have survived the two years of war, the future still looks difficult.
They still urgently needed humanitarian assistance if they are to survive and rebuild their lives. You can help provide it by donating to the Gaza Appeal using the link below.
bit.ly/4gehXoy
They still urgently needed humanitarian assistance if they are to survive and rebuild their lives. You can help provide it by donating to the Gaza Appeal using the link below.
bit.ly/4gehXoy
Humanitarian assistance is still urgently needed in Gaza. Please support midwives like Maisoon and the women in her care by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link in below.
bit.ly/4gehXoy
bit.ly/4gehXoy
October 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Humanitarian assistance is still urgently needed in Gaza. Please support midwives like Maisoon and the women in her care by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link in below.
bit.ly/4gehXoy
bit.ly/4gehXoy
The ceasefire offers a fragile pause in the violence, but not an end to the crisis.
Donate to the Gaza Appeal using the link below to help deliver urgently-needed humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.
Donate here: bit.ly/4gehXoy
Donate to the Gaza Appeal using the link below to help deliver urgently-needed humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.
Donate here: bit.ly/4gehXoy
October 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The ceasefire offers a fragile pause in the violence, but not an end to the crisis.
Donate to the Gaza Appeal using the link below to help deliver urgently-needed humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.
Donate here: bit.ly/4gehXoy
Donate to the Gaza Appeal using the link below to help deliver urgently-needed humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.
Donate here: bit.ly/4gehXoy
For the first time in two years, there is hope in Gaza.
The ceasefire has halted the bombs, but the people living there are still in urgent need of aid, including food, water, shelter and medicine.
You can help provide these by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
bit.ly/4gehXoy
The ceasefire has halted the bombs, but the people living there are still in urgent need of aid, including food, water, shelter and medicine.
You can help provide these by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
bit.ly/4gehXoy
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
For the first time in two years, there is hope in Gaza.
The ceasefire has halted the bombs, but the people living there are still in urgent need of aid, including food, water, shelter and medicine.
You can help provide these by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
bit.ly/4gehXoy
The ceasefire has halted the bombs, but the people living there are still in urgent need of aid, including food, water, shelter and medicine.
You can help provide these by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.
bit.ly/4gehXoy
“After two years of genocide, with relentless bombardment, famine, and repeated displacement in Gaza, the ceasefire announcement brings cautious relief."
You can help deliver urgently-needed aid to the people of Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal 👉 bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can help deliver urgently-needed aid to the people of Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal 👉 bit.ly/4gehXoy
October 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“After two years of genocide, with relentless bombardment, famine, and repeated displacement in Gaza, the ceasefire announcement brings cautious relief."
You can help deliver urgently-needed aid to the people of Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal 👉 bit.ly/4gehXoy
You can help deliver urgently-needed aid to the people of Gaza by donating to our Gaza Appeal 👉 bit.ly/4gehXoy
ActionAid response to Ceasefire announcement. More here: bit.ly/4h8hVkq
ActionAid response to Ceasefire announcement
This announcement: "Must be used as a springboard to end the Israeli genocide and unlawful occupation."
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October 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
ActionAid response to Ceasefire announcement. More here: bit.ly/4h8hVkq
Two years on, ActionAid’s colleagues in Gaza call for a ceasefire now. More here: bit.ly/46TNk59
Two years on, ActionAid’s colleagues in Gaza call for a ceasefire now
Two years on, ActionAid’s colleagues and partners in Gaza demand a ceasefire now: “The world’s silence and inaction have been devastating”
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October 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Two years on, ActionAid’s colleagues in Gaza call for a ceasefire now. More here: bit.ly/46TNk59
We are appalled by the violence yesterday at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester. This took place during Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with those directly affected and with the Jewish community.
October 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We are appalled by the violence yesterday at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester. This took place during Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with those directly affected and with the Jewish community.