I’m blogging on how civil society might strategically engage with the G20. Here are two areas in which the G20 could take a significant step forward towards ending poverty and ensuring economic...
‘’For every two bags of fertilizer given to a man, a woman should be given four’’.This is how the leader of the FCT chapter of ActionAid Nigeria’s facilitated network of smallholder women farmer’s...
As this year’s World Food Day approaches, the African continent is faced with a familiar story. Africa’s food situation has not improved and today, even more people are threatened with starvation....
As Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi makes a historic visit to the United States after decades spent under house arrest, residents of Myanmar and well wishers abroad will be focused on the political...
World leaders agreed today to support European efforts to integrate European banking sectors in a bid to support governments affected by the ongoing Eurozone crisis. Heads of state had earlier...
It’s time for another beach resort G20 summit – this time it’s Live from Los Cabos, Mexico. Only seven months ago, world leaders gathered in the beach resort town of Cannes, France. Now they’re back...
You can’t listen to negotiations for much more than 15 minutes here at the Rio+20 summit before you hear the expression “I am in your hands”. It’s not an expression of love between negotiators, but...
What changes do we need to empower women smallholders and achieve food security? This question has been asked repeatedly over the past several decades, but transformative changes in both public...
On the 18th of Jan ActionAid Uganda launched yet another important project in the lives of the people in Kumi, Amuru, Nwoya, Katakwi and Bukedea. The Food for thought: rights to action Project.It is...
This background paper was commissioned by the Right to Food Theme at ActionAid International. It is published in order to share widely the research findings as they relate to national...
