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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

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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Change happens when women and girls come together and demand it. ActionAid UK’s Feminist Collective is a national activist community challenging gender inequality through activism, advocacy and awareness-raising. Join us in building a fairer world alongside women and girls 👉🏽 bit.ly/4AI7Xj4
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Five reasons to join ActionAid's Feminist Collective
ActionAid’s Feminist Collective is a national community of activists using collective power to build a fairer world with women and girls.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Four weeks since the devastating Nepal floods: Nepal did not create the climate crisis but its people are being left to pay the price. Sujeeta Mathema, ActionAid Nepal, argues that the country needs climate justice, not charity. Read our latest blog bit.ly/4yX5AqT
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Nepal is paying the price for a climate crisis it did not create
It has been four weeks since the devastating Nepal floods. Nepal did not create the climate crisis, but its people are being left to pay the price. Writing from the Nuwakot district, Sujeeta Mathema, ...
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DEC Scotland @decscotland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Could you do this? #Gaza #Humanitarian @actionaiduk.bsky.social
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It has been four weeks since catastrophic floods tore through communities in Nepal. Local first-responders are still delivering crucial support and essential supplies to those affected. Find out more and donate today: bit.ly/4yfX4mr
A flooded town in Nepal with partially submerged buildings and muddy water. A message reads: "Four weeks since the devastating floods hit Nepal. ActionAid and local communities are still meeting urgent needs with essential services and emergency supplies in Nepal."A person wearing a red patterned outfit is assisting another individual outdoors on a porch. The text reads: "Usha, a community health worker, has been providing door-to-door support in her local flood-affected area."Two individuals are in a room with green walls, one sitting and writing notes while the other gestures, possibly speaking. The setting includes paperwork on a desk and shelves in the background. Text on the image mentions Sanjula, who is collecting data and identifying community needs after floods.A person stands in front of a river with a mountainous landscape in the background. The image includes a message: "Local communities in Nepal still need essential services and emergency supplies. Donate now.
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Gender and Development Network @gadnetwork.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📢 The global debt crisis is a gender justice crisis. GADN & @actionaiduk.bsky.social have published a new briefing breaking down this fundamental connection, with recommendations for the UK Govt on how it should use its G20 presidency to take action. Read here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2rx2h5x9
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Disasters Emergency Committee @decappeal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sahar, an @actionaiduk.bsky.social aid worker, wasn't just responding to the crisis in #Gaza. She was living through it. Her neighbourhood and office was destroyed. Yet she continued helping women and families access food and shelter. Ask Sahar a question: bit.ly/4yFnePS
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yesterday we hosted a feminist gathering to progress the Gender Action Plan, a hard-fought framework for gender-responsive climate action agreed at COP30. A plan is only as strong as its implementation, and we call on UK Govt to turn this historic commitment into meaningful action. #ActOnTheBelemGAP
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Everything we worked so hard for is gone”. Nearly three weeks after catastrophic floods tore through communities in Nepal, a woman who lost her husband and everything her family had worked to build describes her fears for her children’s future. Read more here: bit.ly/4htuYhY
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Nepal flood survivor fears for children's future
“Everything we worked so hard for is gone”: Nepal flood survivor fears for children's future after losing husband and home
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Everyone has lost someone.” ActionAid Nepal’s Sabin Shrestha spoke to @RestIsPolitics about the scale of devastation after recent flash floods. More than 84,000 people have been affected and need support to rebuild, not just survive. therestispolitics.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Illegal Israeli settlements trade ban is a significant if overdue step. Read our statement: www.actionaid.org.uk/latest-news/...
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Illegal Israeli settlements trade ban is a significant if overdue step
ActionAid UK responds as the UK government announces a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nepal’s floods have exposed the consequences of a climate finance system that is failing the countries that need it most. As Sujeeta, Executive Dir of ActionAid Nepal, told Forbes: “Nepal is paying the price of global warming where our contribution is less than 0.1%.” www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
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Nepal's Flood Was A Warning The World Had Already Received
Nepal's deadly flood exposes a deeper failure: climate finance pledged to vulnerable nations for years still isn't arriving fast enough — or at all.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
An update from Sujeeta, Executive Director of ActionAid Nepal, on the devastating floods and what ActionAid and our local partners are doing to support affected communities. Thank you to everyone who has stood with communities in Nepal. The emergency is far from over. Please share.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“In all my life, I had never seen a flood like this." At around 10am on 26 August, Nanimaya was sitting beside her bed, following her daily prayer routine, when she heard the roar of the Trishuli River, Nepal. Please donate to our Nepal Floods Appeal. bit.ly/4yfX4mr
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Urgent humanitarian assistance is needed in Nepal. At least 353 people have died from a catastrophic flood that struck the country’s Rasuwa. Please donate to our Nepal Floods Appeal to help provide urgently-needed support to the people affected using this link: bit.ly/4ixQMtG
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The earthquake in Western Colombia last week struck predominantly Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities in areas already affected by conflict and poverty. “It is a crisis that comes on top of another major crisis that already existed,” said ActionAid. Read: www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...
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As rubble clears, Colombia begins focusing on recovery after the earthquake
A week after a deadly quake, Colombia turns from rescue efforts to shelter, aid and rebuilding.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Cocoa supply chains shouldn't come at the cost of a child's future. In a new podcast, CIPS's Emma Scott and ActionAid Ghana's Afram Kwame discuss tackling child labour in West Africa's cocoa sector. cips.podbean.com/e/cips-foundation-…
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“We don't have so much as a spoon”: Colombia earthquake devastates hundreds of homes in communities already facing decades of exclusion. More here: bit.ly/3ScMZqV
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“We don't have so much as a spoon”: Colombia earthquake devastates hundreds of homes in communities already facing decades of exclusion
Women and community leaders across Chocó and Buenaventura are organising support and identifying urgent needs following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake, as ActionAid warns longstanding inequalities risk ...
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Hospitals overwhelmed as Colombia earthquake casualties rise. More here: bit.ly/4hrxshp
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Hospitals overwhelmed as Colombia earthquake casualties rise
Hospitals in areas affected by the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia on Monday morning are reported to be completely overwhelmed, as the number of casualties continues to rise.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck western Colombia, killing at least 160 people and injuring many more. People will need emergency shelter, clean water, food, medical care and cash support. Families urgently need your help. Please donate now👉🏼 bit.ly/4xC8dxJ
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Joanne O’Neill, the co-director of advocacy and influencing at ActionAid UK, said the government should also take “meaningful action” to hold UK banks to account for their impact on the climate and human rights. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Calls for UK bank tax to fund cost of living help as HSBC profits hit £7.5bn
Levy could raise £19bn to help pay for Andy Burnham’s support for those struggling with bills, say campaigners
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
UK banks must be held to account for climate impact. Read our statement. www.actionaid.org.uk/latest-news/...
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UK banks must be held to account for climate impact
Joanne O'Neill, co-director of advocacy and influencing at ActionAid UK, said: "As HSBC announces mammoth profits, it’s time that the government took meaningful action to hold UK banks to account for ...
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Will you take action with Mama? Sign our petition to the new Prime Minister. From polluted rivers to ruined harvests, oil mining has devastated communities in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. The UK Government must stop our banks funding the climate crisis. People must come before profit. Link in bio.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Jamil Sawalmeh, country director of ActionAid Palestine responds to the IPC’s new report on food security in Gaza. Read our statement: www.actionaid.org.uk/latest-news/...
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‘Truly shameful’ that Gaza still faces crisis levels of hunger, says ActionAid
Responding to the IPC’s new report on food security in Gaza, Jamil Sawalmeh, country director of ActionAid Palestine, said:
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
There was never a real ceasefire in Gaza. In the West Bank, Palestinians are being killed and forced from their homes as illegal settlements are rapidly expanded. Email Ed Miliband now, demanding real consequences for the Israeli government’s atrocities using the link below. bit.ly/4ba0Cxw
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“The PM’s fare cap scheme is a welcome initiative but his funding proposal throws global south countries under the bus penalising those most impacted by a climate crisis they did not create"- Joanne O’Neill, co-director of advocacy and influencing, ActionAid UK. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Funding bus fare cap from aid budget will hit world’s poorest, Burnham told
Proposal ‘throws global south countries under the bus’, says ActionAid UK directorr
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Following the news that the Prime Minister intends to fund his bus fare cap by delivering international climate finance as loans, instead of grants, ActionAid is warning that improving cost of living in the UK shouldn't mean people in the Global South lose out. More here: bit.ly/3ROifMM
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Don’t throw global south countries under the bus with fare cap policy
Following the news that the Prime Minister intends to fund his bus fare cap policy by delivering international climate finance as loans, rather than grants, ActionAid UK is warning that improving peop...
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
ActionAid UK calls on the new Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, to maintain the department’s commitment to women and girls’ rights and give it real weight by reversing devastating funding cuts. Read our statement: www.actionaid.org.uk/latest-news/...
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New Foreign Secretary must put gender equality at top of agenda
ActionAid UK calls on the new Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, to maintain the department’s commitment to women and girls’ rights and give it real weight by reversing devastating funding cuts
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
UK govt has always accepted that Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are illegal under intl. law, so why does it continue to permit trade that helps normalise&sustain them? In a joint oped ActionAid UK + ActionAid Ireland argue that change is overdue. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-...
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After Ireland partially bans trade with Israeli settlements, the UK must go further
The Irish move is a good first step, but much more significant action is needed to safeguard Palestinian rights and international law
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"The crisis in Gaza may have fallen from the headlines, but the near-daily bombing and attacks by the Israeli army have not stopped," Joanne O'Neill, Co-Director of Advocacy and Influencing at ActionAid UK, tells The New Arab. Read more here: www.newarab.com/news/end-uk-...
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’End UK complicity’: Charities urge Burnham to sanction Israel
As Starmer spends his last days as Prime Minister, 17 UK charities are calling for his successor to act to protect the people of Palestine.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Families in Venezuela are still searching for their loved ones following the two earthquakes that hit the country on 24 June. By donating to the DEC Venezuela Earthquake Appeal using the link below you can help deliver urgently-needed humanitarian assistance. bit.ly/4wl7NLi
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Economic shocks linked to conflict are putting girls' education at risk and deepening inequalities for women and girls. www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
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Donald Trump's war in Iran sparks wave of girls being taken out of school
EXCLUSIVE: The consequences of a war thousands of miles away is being felt by many in the Global South, who have had to regularly skip school and food since the war in Iran started
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Two earthquakes have hit Venezuela within seconds of each other. Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured. DEC charities are working with local partners to reach people with emergency aid and support search and recovery efforts. Please donate using this link: bit.ly/4wl7NLi
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Whose knowledge counts? Whose experiences inform decision-making? One month on from the Global Partnerships Conference in London, @YoungUrbanWomen from Malawi challenge the gap between rhetoric on shifting power and reality. Read their reflections here: bit.ly/4eyROU2
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Young Urban Women's reflections on the Global Partnerships Conference 2026
This year's Global Partnerships Conference was centred around the theme of 'shifting power', focusing on sustainable and innovative finance, along with technology and AI.Activists from Young Urban Wom...
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
'A double tragedy’: ActionAid hears from displaced families battling Ebola and conflict in the DRC. Read our statement: www.actionaid.org.uk/latest-news/...
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Displaced families face "double tragedy" in Ebola crisis
‘A double tragedy’: ActionAid hears from displaced families battling Ebola and conflict in the DRC.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Feminist movements are resisting repression, defending rights and creating change often with too little funding and support. Our new research explores what movements need to sustain resistance: trust, flexible funding and the power to lead on their own terms. Read more: bit.ly/4vsdiYL
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What feminist movements need to sustain resistance
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
ActionAid urges next Prime Minister to show global leadership Read our statement: www.actionaid.org.uk/latest-news/...
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ActionAid urges next Prime Minister to show global leadership
Joanne ONeill, Co-Director of Advocacy and Influencing at ActionAid UK, said:
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
We're sharing this in solidarity with our friends at Advocacy Academy: Buy Back Brixton. From our work around the world, we know the power of community ownership and the importance of protecting women-led livelihoods. Please support if you can: theadvocacyacademy.com/campaign/buy...
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Buy Back Brixton
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
What would you take if you had to leave home behind? For #WorldRefugeeDay, photographer Laura Menassa worked with ActionAid to document the belongings women carried as they were displaced across Lebanon and the stories they hold. www.service95.com/photography-displ…
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What 6 Women Carried As They Were Displaced Across Lebanon
In the few possessions carried by those displaced by conflict in Lebanon, photographer Laura Menassa captures the fragmented reminders of a life once lived
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“Girls are empowered. We’ve seen a shift in power in the way they are speaking up" - Janet Murungi, ActionAid Rwanda’s Local Rights Programme Coordinator, is helping create safe spaces where girls can learn, share, and lead. Watch to find out more.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
What would you take with you, if you were suddenly forced to leave your home? Read the stories of six women displaced by war, told through the objects they carried as the fled, on Service95 here: bit.ly/4eOEoDi
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What 6 Women Carried As They Were Displaced Across Lebanon
In the few possessions carried by those displaced by conflict in Lebanon, photographer Laura Menassa captures the fragmented reminders of a life once lived
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Period justice is social justice. Ending period poverty means challenging the systems that keep people from managing their periods safely, confidently and without shame. Save or send.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Period poverty is gender inequality in plain sight. When access to period products, safe spaces and information is unequal, so are education, opportunity and freedom. Send and save this post!
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
UK sanctions in response to settler violence do not go far enough. More here: bit.ly/4v0NFhe
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UK sanctions in response to settler violence do not go far enough
It’s time for the UK government to impose a comprehensive ban on trade and investment with all illegal settlements, and a review and suspension of the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Let’s end period poverty. Period. Access to period products, safe spaces and accurate information is a basic need, not a privilege. We’re demanding a world where everyone can manage their period safely armed with the information and education they need. Share or save this post!
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Women in Ituri reveal high economic toll of Ebola outbreak. More here: bit.ly/4v08Obt
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Women in Ituri reveal high economic toll of Ebola outbreak
“Each day I worry about how I will provide the next meal for my family,” women reveal economic toll of Ebola outbreak.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Periods are normal. Period poverty is not. Access, dignity and education should never depend on income or circumstance. Send or save this post!
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
For the people of Gaza, even a time of celebration like Eid is marred by violence. You can help delivery humanitarian assistance to people in both Gaza and Lebanon by donating to our Middle East Appeal using the link in our bio. bit.ly/4siOOiu
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The UN has said the report should be seen as ‘indicative of incidents and patterns’. Israel said it rejects allegations of sexual abuse. You can help deliver urgently-needed aid to the people of Gaza and Lebanon by donating to our Middle East Appeal using the link below. bit.ly/4siOOiu
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
An estimated 500 million people around the world lack access to the products, facilities and support needed to manage their periods safely. That’s not just a health issue. It’s an equality issue. Demand period justice with us today. Save or send this post.
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ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
No girl should be held back because of her period. Yet every day, girls around the world are missing school, sport and opportunities because of stigma, lack of access to period products, unsafe toilets and unequal systems. Save and share to stand with period justice.
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