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Recession rallies G20 protesters
Mar 25, 2009 (BBC News)
ActionAid, in collaboration with other NGOs, is organizing a protest during the G-20 meeting to urge richer country leaders take advantage of the recession by tackling poverty and climate change issues.
Africa 'loses out on mining cash'
Mar 25, 2009 (BBC News )
A new ActionAid report finds that mineral-rich African states have been deprived of huge sums of royalties and taxes by mining firms.
EU 'jeopardising' fight against climate change
Mar 20, 2009 (The Guardian )
ActionAid says EU leaders are jeopardising the global fight against climate change by refusing to commit funds to the least developed countries.
Afghan confidence in Nato forces low, poll shows
Mar 19, 2009 (The Guardian)
The Afghan population is showing signs of despair as its sense of security evaporates, according to aid agencies including ActionAid.
G-20 Leaders to Debate Economic Measures in London
Mar 19, 2009 (Voice of America)
The recession is adding to hardships developing nations are facing because of a rise in food and fuel prices and climate change, ActionAid says.
Ghana: Women Lose Their Farms to Biofuel Production
Mar 16, 2009 (allAfrica.com)
Ghanaian small scale farmers, particularly women, are facing displacement from their farm lands. ActionAid Ghana, in collaboration with FoodSPAN, is implementing a two year project on biofuel production in Ghana.
Raped and killed for being a lesbian: South Africa ignores 'corrective' attacks
Mar 12, 2009 (The Guardian UK)
ActionAid condemns the culture of impunity around the tide of violence against lesbian women in South Africa, which it says is going unrecognised by the state and unpunished by the legal system.
NGOs call for renewed commitment to change traditional roles
Mar 11, 2009 (Ghana Business News)
ActionAid Ghana and Women in Law and Development in Africa are calling for a renewed commitment to change traditional roles assigned to men and women.
Education in Tanzania: A series of near-misses
Mar 10, 2009 (Mail&Guardian Online)
ActionAid in working in northern Tanzania to convince parents to send their children to school and while also trying to make schools "girl-friendly."
Action groups plan London Summit protest
Mar 9, 2009 (The Wharf )
Demonstrations surrounding the upcoming G20 summit are being planned as peaceful events by the groups taking part.
Battling the effects of climate change
Mar 9, 2009 (The New Nation)
Bangladesh urgently needs support in developing a climate-resilient agriculture if its people are to survive and prosper in the long term, according to some experts, says ActionAid.
Indian women marching ahead, but still miles to go
Mar 8, 2009 (Bombay News.Net)
More Indian women are breaking the glass ceiling and marching ahead in male dominated fields, but there are still thousands of women struggling for their basic rights, says ActionAid.
The Poorer Half of the World
Mar 6, 2009 (Reuters AlertNet)
Women experience the brunt of the world's poverty, with serious implications for their health and livelihoods. They also suffer disproportionately during crises - whether earthquakes, floods, wars or famines.
Financial crisis threatens legal protection for the poor
Mar 5, 2009 (The Nation)
The economic crisis will increase the demand for justice among the poor, especially when it comes to protecting their property, jobs,working conditions and their right to do business without extortion. ActionAid is calling for legal, social and political empowerment for the poor.
Uganda People News: Women demand for land ownership
Mar 3, 2009 (UG Pulse.com)
Women representatives from six districts have petitioned Parliament over the exclusion of women in the ownership and control of land in the proposed Land Amendment Bill 2007. ActionAid says the current bill does not empower women to own land like their spouses.
City lesbians come out in the open
Mar 1, 2009 (The Times of India)
With ActionAid support, lesbians in India have come out in the open and attended the first support group meeting.
MOZAMBIQUE: Girls' clubs highlight sexual abuse
Feb 25, 2009 (IRIN via Reuters AlertNet)
ActionAid International is backing a program called "No to Sexual Abuse of Girls in Education," that aims to reduce the level of sexual abuse of minors.
ActionAid Ghana holds validation workshop on a research on biofuel production
Feb 24, 2009 (ModernGhana.com)
In Ghana, ActionAid is calling for the formulation of a more comprehensive policy framework to guide the production of biofuels.
Sierra Leone: Communities take charge, one latrine at a time
Feb 24, 2009 (IRN via Reuters Alertnet)
Just a third of rural Sierra Leoneans have access to clean water and to sanitation facilities. ActionAid is working to improve the supply of clean water available to the country.
Food prices 'endanger millions in Southeast Asia'
Feb 21, 2009 (OneWorld.net)
A new ActionAid report finds that although the financial crisis reduced food prices in recent months, it did not improve the overall food security situation.
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