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  • Interview Availability: ActionAid on Kenya Elections

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  • WOMEN FACE CONSTANT FEAR OF VIOLENCE IN PUBLIC SPACES SAYS ACTIONAID

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    As leaders from nearly 500 cities worldwide meet in Dublin to discuss urban poverty, new research from ActionAid reveals that poor quality public services are leaving women and girls vulnerable to violence and harassment in public spaces. 

  • EU biofuels policy still driving the second scramble for Africa

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    (Dublin) EU biofuels policy still driving the second scramble for Africa

    At a seminar on biofuels in Dublin yesterday, David Barissa, a leading expert on food security and land rights from ActionAid Kenya spoke of the litany of broken promises, rights violations and destruction which have faced poor communities in Kenya as part of the second scramble for Africa.

  • PRESS STATEMENT: ActionAid Is Not Against Big Business in Zambia

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    (Lusaka, 13 February 2013) ActionAid has said today that its recent report Sweet Nothings which focuses on Zambia Sugar’s tax avoidance techniques in Zambia is not a call for Zambia Sugar to close its factory in Mazabuka or reduce its workers.  ActionAid is calling on the Zambian government and the international community to review the tax codes and tax treaties that allow multinational companies to avoid paying their fair share of taxes in Zambia.

  • INTERNATIONAL PRESS: British Sugar Giant Dodges Zambian Tax Bill Big Enough to Put 48,000 Children in School a Year

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    (Lusaka, 10 February 2013) A new investigation released today by ActionAid has revealed that the Associated British Foods group (ABF), owner of Silver Spoon sugar and other household brands, is avoiding its tax bill in Zambia, one of the world’s poorest countries.

  • PRESS RELEASE: Haiti Faces New Crisis Three Years On From Earthquake

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    Three years on from the devastating 2010 earthquake, Haiti is facing another crisis – catastrophic food shortages caused by the destruction of Hurricane Sandy.

  • WORLD MUST ACT NOW TO PREVENT HAITI FOOD CRISIS

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    Millions of people in Haiti could face a catastrophic food crisis unless international donors act urgently to help farmers whose crops were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, ActionAid warned today.

  • Sharon Ní Bheoláin, ActionAid Ireland’s Ambassador, Launches ‘Gifts in Action’

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    ActionAid Ireland today launched eleven wonderful ‘Gifts in Action’. These gifts will change lives of many families in the developing world for generations to come. 

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  • Urgent action needed to tackle rising food prices, say ActionAid and IFSN

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    18 October 2012, Rome: In a new report launched today, ActionAid and IFSN called on governments, international agencies, UN bodies to tackle rising global food prices. The report looks at what is causing food prices to rise sharply in developing countries, using evidence from Kenya, Uganda, Burkina Faso and Senegal.

  • New EU biofuel proposals inadequate: world hunger and greenhouse gas emissions would increase warns ActionAid

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    News that the EU is proposing a 5% limit on the use of food-based biofuels has been welcomed by ActionAid as an important symbolic first step.  But the anti-poverty agency warns that without a total ban on food and land based fuels, millions will still go hungry because food prices will continue to be affected and land will still be grabbed.

  • PAKISTANI SCHOOL GIRL AND CAMPAIGNER FOR GIRLS' RIGHTS SHOT - AA RESPONSE

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    As Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner for girls’ rights  Malala Yousafzai arrives in the UK for specialist medical treatment, ActionAid sends a public message of support to the young blogger:

  • New Report Highlights absurdity of G20 Stance on Biofuels and Food Prices

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    Europe’s demand for biofuels could drive up food crop prices by as much as 36% by 2020, helping to push millions more into hunger, a new report from ActionAid reveals.  But despite this and other widespread evidence that biofuels are a major contributor to global hunger, the G20 will yet again avoid the issue when it meets in Mexico next week.

  • ActionAid Ambassador Emma Thompson Meets Aung San Suu Kyi

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    Global anti-poverty campaigner and ActionAid ambassador Emma Thompson has just returned from a fact finding visit to Burma – Myanmar – where she met with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and a range of community and political leaders against a backdrop of increasing change in the country.

  • We Don't Care Less!

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    The Irish Government made a commitment to the world's poorest and most vulnerable people – to spend 0.7% of our national income on overseas aid by 2012. That's just 70c in every €100 by 2012. Despite this promise, Ireland 's overseas aid budget has been cut by €222 million, a cut of 24%. We are no longer on track to meet our commitment and are falling behind.

  • Drought in The Gambia as West Africa’s Sahel crisis spreads

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    For immediate release 13 March 2012: As the drought in West Africa’s Sahel region deepens, ActionAid has warned that popular holiday destination The Gambia is also facing severe food shortages as crops have failed.

  • Sharon NíBheolain Launches ‘Every Child’ Campaign for Action Aid Ireland

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    ActionAid Ireland Ambassador Sharon NíBheolain helped launch the ‘Every Child’ campaign today. Through the ‘Every Child’ campaign, ActionAid Ireland is seeking to give children in developing countries access to the basic rights and necessities that those of us in Ireland sometimes take for granted.

  • Emma Thompson in Liberia for International Women's Day 2011

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    International Women's Day (IWD) connects women around the world and aims to inspire them to achieve their full potential. It is an opportunity to highlight the abuse of women’s rights across the world, while celebrating the central role that women play in creating a fairer and more just world.

  • ActionAid Ireland Launches ‘Taking Action - Annual Review 2010’

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    Please find a couple of minutes to read through our ‘Taking Action’ Annual Review 2010 that we are sending to all of our wonderful ActionAid supporters.

  • Hunger Costs Poor Countries $450 Billion a Year

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    A new ActionAid report has revealed that hunger could be costing poor nations $450 billion a year - more than ten times the amount needed to halve hunger by 2015 and meet Millennium Development Goal One.

  • World Leaders Warned that the Right to Food is Not Negotiable

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    Former President Mary Robinson is warning world leaders that they have an obligation to tackle the global food crisis now or they will be reneging on commitments to respect the right to food for all.

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