by Ana Alcalde (Executive Director, Alianza/ActionAid Spain) and Marco DePonte (Secretary General, ActionAid Italy)Beatings, enslavement and sex trafficking: it’s recently been revealed that the...
We all agree: we must advance women’s rights. But how do we make sure we have money to make it happen?Tax is central to the delivery of women’s rights all around the world. It is high time to...
This was the provocative title of an event recently organised by 11.11.11, a major Belgian non-profit organisation. The reply is NO – without ambiguity. European businesses can contribute to economic...
Today is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, a month of intense prayer when Muslims around the world fast and refrain from the many of the joys of life that would otherwise see us through the...
I am writing with a heart full of sadness and anger in these dark days. All my life, I’ve been witness to the shrinking of my homeland Palestine, watching as the hopes and aspirations of my people -...
How many international tax scandals will it take, before rich countries are ready to come to the table and negotiate global solutions global tax problems?An intensive four days of meetings and...
The Financing for Development Forum, a 4-day UN meeting where participants from around the world will discuss how we, as a global community, should, can, will finance development, is in full swing. ...
Because trade takes place between unequal partners in terms of economic development, the WTO launched the Aid for Trade initiative in 2005, with the objective to help developing countries accessing...
Over the last several months, ActionAid Uganda has endured attacks by external forces aimed at halting operations and undermining work in communities across the country. What began as a siege on our...
The livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, particularly the rural poor, are heavily dependent on secure and equitable access to and control over land and natural resources which are in turn...
Delhi is battling toxic smog yet again. It is not unlikely that we forget about the health emergency in a few weeks. India topped global pollution deaths in 2015, according to a report by The Lancet...
Last month, police raided the offices of ActionAid Uganda, the Great Lakes Institute (GLISS), and Solidarity Uganda. More raids on the offices of other NGOs have since followed. Every indication...
A critical review of IMF advice on female labour force participation and fiscal consolidationBy virtually every global measure, women are disadvantaged relative to men. Access to decent work is...
The World Bank still has much to learn.The World Bank has published its first ever World Development Report (WDR) on education (‘LEARNING To Realise Education’s Promise’), helping to make the case...
This month, the European Commission announced a series of initiatives to ensure its free trade policy benefits everyone. Among them, a proposal to member states to mandate the Commission to...
