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South Africa: Lesbians and HIV - low risk is not no risk
Jul 14, 2009 (Reuters AlertNet)
Women who sleep with women are not at risk of HIV transmission – or are they? AIDS advocates warn that it is time for a wake-up call about who is and is not at risk.
Obama Wins More Food Aid but Presses African Nations on Corruption
Jul 10, 2009 (The New York Times)
President Obama told African countries that the legacy of colonialism was not an excuse for failing to build prosperous, democratic societies even as he leaned on the world’s richest nations to come up with billions of dollars more to feed the hungry. Despite Obama’s efforts to boost the food aid initiative, agreed upon at the Group of 8 summit meeting, ActionAid says it remains unclear how much was actually new money.
Fighting season
Jul 2, 2009 (Himal Southasian)
As the U.S. administration sends more troops into Afghanistan, ActionAid warns that increased fighting will displace more people from their homes.
Rape, Defilement on Rise in Nebbi
Jun 17, 2009 (The New Vision)
Cases of rape and defilement are on the rise in Nebbi, Uganda. ActionAid’s “Women Won’t Wait” trauma treatment center is assisting survivors.
Poverty line should reflect inflation
Jun 15, 2009 (VietNamNet)
ActionAid and Oxfam call for the official Vietnam poverty line to be raised in order to respond to higher rates of inflation.
Aid groups helping Pakistan face "funding crisis"
Jun 11, 2009 (The Guardian)
Cash shortages and bottlenecks in delivering supplies to people uprooted by fighting in Pakistan's Swat valley have triggered the biggest humanitarian funding crisis in a decade, ActionAid warns.
The Trouble With Elections
Jun 10, 2009 (The Wall Street Journal)
In African countries where leaders have unrestricted power, it takes more than voting to bring about change. ActionAid has been urging locals to vote against violent politicians.
Climate change cash key to unlocking progress on global deal
Jun 9, 2009 (Reuters)
As negotiators in Bonn plod through the first draft texts about a new U.N. climate treaty, due to be agreed in Copenhagen in December, the real attention is on European Union finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday.
UN needs $543 million to assist displaced persons
Jun 5, 2009 (The News)
The international community and donors must provide $543 million for relief and early recovery assistance in Pakistan. ActionAid is on the ground helping by providing food, non-food items, health and hygiene kits to over 6,000 internally displaced persons.
Nigeria: ActionAid Boss Restates Importance of Women Education
Jun 4, 2009 (Daily Independent via allAfrica.com)
Country Director of the ActionAid Nigeria, Abdul Hussaini, says that education of women will enhance the development of the nation.
S. Asia cyclone contaminates water sources
May 29, 2009 (Reuters)
Tens of thousands of cyclone survivors in India and Bangladesh desperately need clean water after the storm contaminated drinking sources with sea water, according to ActionAid.
Disease fears mount after cyclone Aila
May 29, 2009 (Reuters)
Hundreds of thousands of people are stranded with no food, water and shelter four days after cyclone Aila washed away roads and submerged villages in Bangladesh and India. ActionAid is on the ground helping with relief efforts.
Uganda: Abolish Bride Price - Activists
May 26, 2009 (The New Vision via allAfrica.com)
Women's rights activists, including ActionAid, are demanding that the bride price be outlawed in Uganda becuase the practice is a leading cause of violence against women.
Uganda: Kapchorwa Gets Health Center
May 24, 2009 (The New Vision via allAfrica.com)
The lives of over 10,000 locals, mainly Sabiny, will change for the better, following the construction of a health center n Grik village, Ngenge sub-county, Kapchorwa district that was funded by ActionAid Uganda.
Tesco 'breaking promise' to South African fruit pickers
May 15, 2009 (The Guardian)
Anti-poverty organizations, including ActionAid, have accused Tesco of breaking a pledge to improve the pay and working conditions of South African fruit pickers.
New language service for central provinces
May 13, 2009 (Voice of America)
The telephone information gate on administrative procedures has just opened a new service in the ethnic Ede language as part of a pilot project being conducted by ActionAid Vietnam to give local people more involvement in public administrative reforms.
Pakistan fighting means international aid is vital, say NGOs
May 13, 2009 (Ekklesia)
Pakistan could face one of the world’s worst conflict-driven people displacement crises and needs even more international help, warn development agencies, including ActionAid.
ActionAid urges women to fight for their rights
May 12, 2009 (Ghanaian Chronicle )
ActionAid Ghana has challenged girls in the various schools, to rise against gender disparity and violence against women, rather than allowing only government and other non-governmental organisations to carry such responsibilities.
NGO organises forum on “girl abuse” in Tamale
May 11, 2009
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