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Humanitarian emergencies often see people flee their homes without anything, meaning basic items are immediately in need.

Please donate what you can to our Middle East Appeal today to help provide people with these essential items using the link below.

https://bit.ly/4siOOiu

International Women’s Day is just round the corner! Join us to support remarkable women-led work in over 43 different countries. Every day, women and girls lead, build and envision stronger futures for themselves, their loved ones, and their communities.

How to Celebrate International Women's Day in London International Women’s Day, on 8th March, is a day that ignites inspiration across the globe through the achievements of women

So proud to see ActionAid’s Women by Women exhibit lighting up Outernet’s Now Arcade for International Women's Month! Check out photograophy that challenges, inspires and centres women’s voices from around the world. 🌍 #WomenByWomen
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Outernet London announces biggest ever programme of International Women’s Month content - London Post This year Outernet London, the UK’s most visited cultural attraction is proud to unveil its biggest ever programme of exhibitions and installations across the giant Outernet screens, all celebrating I...

This International Women’s Month, powerful stories from women around the world take over the giant screens at Outernet London! Come and see our Women by Women exhibition challenging stereotypes+amplifying women’s voices through photography. Free and runs all March!
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Tens of thousands forcibly displaced in Lebanon as regional escalation raises fears of wider war ActionAid has launched an emergency appeal and is calling for urgent donations to help partners scale up their response

Tens of thousands forcibly displaced in Lebanon as regional escalation raises fears of wider war. ActionAid has launched an emergency appeal and is calling for urgent donations to help partners scale up their response.

Read our latest statement: www.actionaid.org.uk/latest-news/...

Pregnant women and new mothers are among the tens of thousands of people who have fled their homes following escalating violence in Lebanon.

You can help provide them with urgently-needed humanitarian assistance by donating to our Middle East Appeal using the link below.

https://bit.ly/4siOOiu

Women, men and children are being killed and losing their homes as violence intensifies across the Middle East.

Please donate to our Middle East Appeal now using the link below to help our partners reach families who urgently need support.

https://bit.ly/4siOOiu

Military escalation in Iran and across region puts millions at risk ActionAid is in close contact with our colleagues and partners in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, where people are facing heightened insecurity, displacement and fear

Military escalation in Iran and across region puts millions at risk. More here: https://bit.ly/47lkvzy

We are pleased to join 85 organisations in writing to the Prime Minister calling on him to increase climate finance and to fairly tax the wealthiest and largest polluters in our society to pay for climate action at home and overseas.

Read the letter: can-uk.org/wp-content/u...

#climatefinance

Yesterday, we launched ActionAid UK’s Girl-Led Research & Action (GLRA) Manual at the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social. Co-hosted with @girlsnotbrides.bsky.social, Baba Azimi Foundation & GAGE at ODI Global, we shared evidence from girl-led work. When girls lead lead, change happens and power shifts.

NGOs currently provide more than half the food assistance in Gaza. If they aren’t able to operate, the consequences will be severe.

Share this post to raise awareness, and donate to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.

https://bit.ly/4gehXoy

Women By Women is coming to Exeter! ✨ Join us at Positive Light Projects for Women By Women: Rooted in Resistance, a powerful photography exhibition celebrating women both behind and in front of the camera.

📍 Friday 6 March | 12:30–16:00
📍 Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 March | 10:00–16:00

More than 100 people losing their lives and thousands have lost their homes.

You can give a voice to the people affected.

Please share this post to help inform the world of the humanitarian crisis and donate to our Mozambique Floods Appeal using the link below.

https://bit.ly/4tEo1Pj

The recent floods in Mozambique have killed 100 people and displaced entire communities.

You can help us provide immediate humanitarian assistance, including food and drinking water through our local partners.

Donate to our Mozambique Floods Appeal using the link below.

https://bit.ly/4tEo1Pj

Severe flooding is devastating lives and livelihoods in central and southern Mozambique, with over 100 people killed and hundreds of thousands injured and displaced.

Please donate to our appeal to provide immediate assistance to communities using the link below:

https://bit.ly/4tINJly

Give a gift that says “I goatally love you”! 🐐 ❤️

This Valentine’s Day, skip the usual flowers and surprise someone with ActionAid's charity goat gift, which helps a farming family in Burundi to earn an income and put food on their table.

Browse our gifts: https://bit.ly/406kWK7

Winter has brought a new level of suffering to the people of Gaza.

Wafaa spoke to the ICRC about the experience they, along with many other people in Gaza, are living through.

You can support them by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.

https://bit.ly/4gehXoy

Why two chief executives can be better than one

In conversation with our new co-CEOs Hannah Bond & Taahra Ghazi, @thirdsector.co.uk explore how shared leadership strengthens feminist decision-making, prevents burnout, and advances ActionAid UK’s justice agenda - reshaping how we work. Listen to the podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/6VGs...

Israel has begun destroying the headquarters of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, in occupied East Jerusalem.

The people of Gaza are still in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. You can help provide it by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.

https://bit.ly/4gehXoy

See London’s best musical acts in Soundwaves For Solidarity on 22nd January at Piehouse Co-Op in Deptford, 7pm - midnight.

All proceeds will go to ActionAid’s Gaza Appeal (You can also donate here - https://bit.ly/4gehXoy)

Tickets on Outsavvy -https://bit.ly/4b1EaHM

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Some of the most vulnerable people in Gaza are currently living without adequate shelter.

You can help provide the people of Gaza with humanitarian assistance such as tents, clothing and food this winter by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.

https://bit.ly/4gehXoy

ActionAid UK appoints Co-CEOs to lead next phase of feminist transformation ActionAid UK today announces the appointment of Hannah Bond and Taahra Ghazi as its permanent Co-Chief Executive Officers, following a competitive process led by Cadence Partners. They take up their r...

ActionAid UK has announced the appointment of Hannah Bond and Taahra Ghazi as its permanent Co-Chief Executive Officers as the organisation embarks on a new phase of feminist leadership and strategic transformation.

More here: https://bit.ly/4pxEbXf

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported four babies have died due to the cold since November 2025.

Please donate to our Gaza Appeal using the link below to help provide urgently-needed humanitarian assistance, including shelter, clothing and food, to the people of Gaza.

https://bit.ly/4gehXoy

In the face of Israel's decision to de-register ActionAid and other humanitarian organisations, the delivery of aid to the people of Gaza is now more critical than ever.

You can help ensure aid gets to the people who need is by donating to our Gaza Appeal using the link below.

From all of us here at ActionAid UK, we wish you a very happy and healthy New Year!

We hope 2026 brings peace and joy. ❤️

From everyone at ActionAid, a big thanks to all of you who helped further our work with women and girls worldwide in 2025!

We couldn’t let the year end without this… Tune in tomorrow for the full version. Just a little note to say thank you.

From everyone at ActionAid UK, we'd like to wish a very merry Christmas to all those celebrating today.

Thank you so much for all of your support. Have a wonderful Christmas! 🎄 ☃️ 🎁

Our year in action: ActionAid's community campaigner highlights As we approach the end of 2025 and we step into another year of opportunity to progress gender equality, let's take a moment to celebrate our wins.

As we approach the end of 2025 and we step into another year of opportunity to progress gender equality, let's take a moment to celebrate our wins. Read the latest blog from our community campaigners:

https://bit.ly/48RUTM9

Winter storms flood Gaza as population remains stuck in tents UN estimates that 55,000  families have been affected by rain in enclave where reconstruction is a distant prospect

Flooding has destroyed food, clothes, mattresses… whatever essential belongings people have.” Faten from our partner WEFAQ spoke to the FT about the devastation in Gaza, where families living in makeshift tents have “no real protection” against the storms.

https://on.ft.com/4qoCufP