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ActionAid

March 04, 2023

ActionAid is an international non-governmental organization whose stated primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide.[1]

ActionAid
Formation1972; 51 years ago (1972)
FounderCecil Jackson-Cole
TypeInternational NGO
Legal statusNonprofit organization
PurposeActionAid works with communities to reduce poverty and promote human rights
HeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa
Region served
Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Americas
Membership
Child sponsors
Secretary General
Arthur Larok
WebsiteActionAid

ActionAid is a federation of 45 country offices that works with communities, often via local partner organisations, on a range of development issues. It was founded in 1972 by Cecil Jackson-Cole as a child sponsorship charity (originally called Action in Distress) when 88 UK supporters sponsored 88 children in India and Kenya, the primary focus being is providing children with an education, further the human rights for all, assisting people that are in poverty, assisting those who face discrimination,[2] and also assist people who face injustice.[1] ActionAid works with over 15 million people in 45 countries to assist those people.[1]

Today its head office is located in South Africa with hubs in Asia, the Americas and Europe. ActionAid was the first big INGO to move its headquarters from the global north to the global south.[3][4] ActionAid's current strategy aims to "build international momentum for social, economic and environmental justice, driven by people living in poverty and exclusion".[5]

Tax and economic justice

ActionAid has been campaigning for tax justice since 2008, conducting research into the effects of various international tax treaties and supporting local people and organizations to hold their governments to account.[6] It argues that losing tax revenue to avoidance harms the world's poorest and most marginalized people, who depend on tax-funded public services.[7][8] It is also often the case that the tax revenue lost in these treaties can exceed the amount of international aid money send to developing countries.[9]

In 2011, ActionAid revealed that 98% of the UK's FTSE 100 companies use tax havens.[10] In 2013 its research into corporate tax avoidance in Zambia showed that Associated British Foods were avoiding paying millions of dollars in corporate tax.[11]

Women's rights

ActionAid integrates women's rights into all of its programming and project work, but also undertakes campaigns that focus specifically on these issues.

Notable examples have included raising awareness about unpaid care work[12][13] and sexual harassment[14] and violence[15] (including acid attacks[16]) in Bangladesh, offering free cancer tests to women in Nigeria who could not afford them,[17] and tackling female genital mutilation in Sweden.[18]

Climate justice

ActionAid's advocacy work on climate change focuses on climate justice, guided by the experiences and needs of its country's programmes. Its most prominent engagement comes through the annual Conference of Parties, where it supports communities vulnerable to climate change to influence decision-making processes.

It calls for rich countries to live up to pledges of providing climate adaptation grants[19][20][21] and pushes for agreements to improve the lives of those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.[22] ActionAid was also critical of climate insurance policies, such as those purchased by Malawi in 2015, since those insurance policies fail to deliver when they are desperately needed.[23]

Emergencies and humanitarian aid

ActionAid promotes women's leadership in humanitarian responses, arguing that women are best positioned to identify their needs and those of the communities around them in times of crisis.[24] Strengthening citizens' rights is also a focus, such as campaigning with Haitians for greater transparency and accountability in how aid money was spent after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[25]

As it has established relationships with communities and other NGOs in countries that are prone to ecological events, ActionAid is often able to respond quickly to emergencies. Notable crises and responses have included the Boxing Day tsunami in 2010 in the Indian ocean,[26] drought in East Africa[27][28] and India,[29] and floods in Ghana,[30] Rwanda,[31] Sierra Leone,[32] Bangladesh and Nepal.

On 4 October 2018 ActionAid announced that Pakistan government has ordered 18 international aid groups to leave the country.[33]

Child sponsorship

Child sponsorship is one of ActionAid's primary sources of income. Donors sponsor an individual child[34] from a community in a developing country and receive regular updates about the child's progress and development.

Sponsorship funds support the child's whole community, "so children have a healthy and safe place to live and grow up." This support takes the form of providing clean water, healthcare, agricultural programmes, education centres in areas where schools are not available, and community income generation schemes.[35]

In 2018, ActionAid USA stopped using the child sponsorship method of fundraising, and switched to a monthly giving program.

Alliance-building

As ActionAid has grown in influence, building alliances with like-minded organisations has become a key focus area. Announcing this approach at the World Social Forum in 2015,[36] ActionAid has played a role in convening civil society and community groups to tackle issues of youth political participation in the Middle East[37] and global inequality.[38]

Supporting social causes through the mass media

ActionAid made India's first Bollywood film focusing on AIDS,[citation needed] Ek Alag Mausam, a love story involving HIV positive people, based on a script by playwright Mahesh Dattani.[39]

ActionAid also supported Shyam Benegal's film, Samar, which is based on the book Unheard Voices: Stories of Forgotten Lives by Harsh Mander.[40] The film raises issues about Dalits.[39]

Notable Leaders

Esther Agbarakwe Youngest chair person for General Assembly of ActionAid.

Javeria Malik [41][42] is the first Pakistani woman[43] to lead the Global Safety and Security Unit at ActionAid International and was featured [44]on the official website of International Women's Day 2022. INSSA Insights has featured Javeria as the first female Chairperson of the International NGO Safety & Security Association. Her interview published by the city security magazine was nominated for the best article of the year award.[45] She was interviewed by Global Interagency Security Forum [46]to speak on the topic of inclusivity and anti racism in the nonprofit and aid sector.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c . ActionAid. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  2. ^ . www.actionaid.org. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. ^ Campolina, Adriano (10 October 2015). "Facilitating more than leading". Development and Cooperation. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  4. ^ Patton, Anna (6 October 2014). "'Internationalizing' your NGO: 4 lessons from ActionAid". Devex. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  5. ^ . www.actionaid.org. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  6. ^ Ricks, Jenny (7 July 2015). "The anatomy of a campaign: tax justice, ActionAid". The Guardian.
  7. ^ "How Tax Havens Plunder the Poor". Global Policy Forum.
  8. ^ "ActionAid report says "shady" tax treaties disproportionately favour multinationals, increasing inequality & poverty in poor countries". Business and Human Rights Resource Centre.
  9. ^ "Bistånd verkar inte i ett vakuum". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 16 February 2012.
  10. ^ Gribbin, Alice (11 October 2011). "98 of FTSE 100 companies use tax havens". New Statesman.
  11. ^ Boffey, Daniel (9 February 2013). "Sugar manufacturer Associated British Foods avoids paying corporate tax in Zambia – video". The Guardian.
  12. ^ Hill, Amelia (22 September 2016). "Women do four years more work than men in lifetime, report shows". The Guardian.
  13. ^ Foster, Dawn (17 July 2015). "Women's paid and unpaid work, and the colonial hangover". openDemocracy.
  14. ^ "50% women face unwanted touching at markets: Study". The Daily Star. 17 July 2017.
  15. ^ Cope, Rebecca (8 December 2016). "Gemma Chan Shares Powerful Stories From Sexual Violence Victims In New ActionAid Film". Grazia.
  16. ^ Zamfir, Gabriel; Kara O'Neill (9 March 2017). "Brave acid attack victims take to catwalk as they 'refuse to hide their faces'". The Mirror.
  17. ^ "Actionaid Nigeria Offers Free Cancer Tests to 100 Women". This Day. 18 May 2017.
  18. ^ "'Tusentals flickor i Sverige riskerar könsstympning'". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 14 June 2017.
  19. ^ Rowling, Megan (20 November 2015). "How conflict increases countries' climate change risk". World Economic Forum.
  20. ^ Goering, Laurie (9 November 2016). "Trump win will not derail global climate effort, activists vow". Reuters.
  21. ^ "WWF, Care And Action Aid Launch Adaptation Report". Blue & Green Tomorrow. 11 November 2016.
  22. ^ Harvey, Fiona (14 December 2015). "Paris climate change deal too weak to help poor, critics warn". The Guardian.
  23. ^ "Action Aid faults drought insurance that failed Malawi".
  24. ^ Higelin, Michelle (25 May 2016). "World Humanitarian Summit: Time to shift power to women on the frontlines". Left Foot Forward.
  25. ^ "Two years on, ActionAid's earthquake response continues, but huge challenges remain". ReliefWeb. 11 January 2012.
  26. ^ "Finance: ActionAid close to budget on its six-month tsunami relief spend". Third Sector. 29 June 2005.
  27. ^ "Mobile phones save lives in remote African communities affected by drought". Tech4Good Awards.
  28. ^ "ActionAid appeals for help in drought-hit areas of East Africa". 25 June 2019.
  29. ^ Rao, Mohit M. (29 April 2017). "Unprecedented crop loss in State, says ActionAid". The Hindu.
  30. ^ "ActionAid donates to Dome flood victims". GhanaWeb. 23 June 2015.
  31. ^ "Action Aid donates to flood victims". The New Times, Rwanda. 26 May 2010.
  32. ^ "Sierra Leone: Action Aid Donates Food Items to Flood Victims". All Africa.
  33. ^ "Pakistan Tells 18 International NGOs To Leave Country: Report". NDTV.com. Reuters. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  34. ^ "ActionAid: the welcome to child sponsorship package".
  35. ^ "Six things you should know about sponsoring a child". ActionAid UK.
  36. ^ Campolina, Adriano (23 March 2015). "World Social Forum can inspire activists to unite against the global power grab". The Guardian.
  37. ^ Azzeh, Laila (6 August 2017). "NGO seizes election opportunity to boost youth's political mobilisation". The Jordan Times.
  38. ^ . Archived from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  39. ^ a b "'Ek Alag Mausam' based on AIDS". Smashits.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  40. ^ . The Hindu. 20 May 2001. Archived from the original on 29 July 2003. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  41. ^ "NGO Safety and Security Lead, Board Chair, Crisis Manager and Security Trainer". International Women's Day. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  42. ^ CSD (1 August 2014). "Security from Experience VI: Javeria Malik (ActionAid International)". CSD - Centre for Safety and Development. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  43. ^ Bennett, Gayle (14 November 2017). "ActionAid Inspires Women in Security". NSI. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  44. ^ "NGO Safety and Security Lead, Board Chair, Crisis Manager and Security Trainer". International Women's Day. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  45. ^ CSM, Contributor (15 February 2019). "Javeria Malik - Global Security Advisor ActionAid International". City Security Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2022. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  46. ^ Inclusive Security E6: Security Managers of Today, retrieved 30 October 2022

Further reading

  • Brown, Lalage. Preparing the Future-Women, Literacy, and Development. Web ActionAid, 1990. March 2012.
  • Ahmed, F & Werker, E. What do Non-governmental Organizations Do? Web Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007. March 2012
  • ActionAid. End Poverty Together. Web. March 2012

External links

  • Official website

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ActionAid is an international non governmental organization whose stated primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide 1 ActionAidFormation1972 51 years ago 1972 FounderCecil Jackson ColeTypeInternational NGOLegal statusNonprofit organizationPurposeActionAid works with communities to reduce poverty and promote human rightsHeadquartersJohannesburg South AfricaRegion servedAfrica Asia Europe Australia the Middle East AmericasMembershipChild sponsorsSecretary GeneralArthur LarokWebsiteActionAidActionAid is a federation of 45 country offices that works with communities often via local partner organisations on a range of development issues It was founded in 1972 by Cecil Jackson Cole as a child sponsorship charity originally called Action in Distress when 88 UK supporters sponsored 88 children in India and Kenya the primary focus being is providing children with an education further the human rights for all assisting people that are in poverty assisting those who face discrimination 2 and also assist people who face injustice 1 ActionAid works with over 15 million people in 45 countries to assist those people 1 Today its head office is located in South Africa with hubs in Asia the Americas and Europe ActionAid was the first big INGO to move its headquarters from the global north to the global south 3 4 ActionAid s current strategy aims to build international momentum for social economic and environmental justice driven by people living in poverty and exclusion 5 Contents 1 Tax and economic justice 2 Women s rights 3 Climate justice 4 Emergencies and humanitarian aid 5 Child sponsorship 6 Alliance building 7 Supporting social causes through the mass media 8 Notable Leaders 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External linksTax and economic justice EditActionAid has been campaigning for tax justice since 2008 conducting research into the effects of various international tax treaties and supporting local people and organizations to hold their governments to account 6 It argues that losing tax revenue to avoidance harms the world s poorest and most marginalized people who depend on tax funded public services 7 8 It is also often the case that the tax revenue lost in these treaties can exceed the amount of international aid money send to developing countries 9 In 2011 ActionAid revealed that 98 of the UK s FTSE 100 companies use tax havens 10 In 2013 its research into corporate tax avoidance in Zambia showed that Associated British Foods were avoiding paying millions of dollars in corporate tax 11 Women s rights EditActionAid integrates women s rights into all of its programming and project work but also undertakes campaigns that focus specifically on these issues Notable examples have included raising awareness about unpaid care work 12 13 and sexual harassment 14 and violence 15 including acid attacks 16 in Bangladesh offering free cancer tests to women in Nigeria who could not afford them 17 and tackling female genital mutilation in Sweden 18 Climate justice EditActionAid s advocacy work on climate change focuses on climate justice guided by the experiences and needs of its country s programmes Its most prominent engagement comes through the annual Conference of Parties where it supports communities vulnerable to climate change to influence decision making processes It calls for rich countries to live up to pledges of providing climate adaptation grants 19 20 21 and pushes for agreements to improve the lives of those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change 22 ActionAid was also critical of climate insurance policies such as those purchased by Malawi in 2015 since those insurance policies fail to deliver when they are desperately needed 23 Emergencies and humanitarian aid EditActionAid promotes women s leadership in humanitarian responses arguing that women are best positioned to identify their needs and those of the communities around them in times of crisis 24 Strengthening citizens rights is also a focus such as campaigning with Haitians for greater transparency and accountability in how aid money was spent after the 2010 Haiti earthquake 25 As it has established relationships with communities and other NGOs in countries that are prone to ecological events ActionAid is often able to respond quickly to emergencies Notable crises and responses have included the Boxing Day tsunami in 2010 in the Indian ocean 26 drought in East Africa 27 28 and India 29 and floods in Ghana 30 Rwanda 31 Sierra Leone 32 Bangladesh and Nepal On 4 October 2018 ActionAid announced that Pakistan government has ordered 18 international aid groups to leave the country 33 Child sponsorship EditChild sponsorship is one of ActionAid s primary sources of income Donors sponsor an individual child 34 from a community in a developing country and receive regular updates about the child s progress and development Sponsorship funds support the child s whole community so children have a healthy and safe place to live and grow up This support takes the form of providing clean water healthcare agricultural programmes education centres in areas where schools are not available and community income generation schemes 35 In 2018 ActionAid USA stopped using the child sponsorship method of fundraising and switched to a monthly giving program Alliance building EditAs ActionAid has grown in influence building alliances with like minded organisations has become a key focus area Announcing this approach at the World Social Forum in 2015 36 ActionAid has played a role in convening civil society and community groups to tackle issues of youth political participation in the Middle East 37 and global inequality 38 Supporting social causes through the mass media EditActionAid made India s first Bollywood film focusing on AIDS citation needed Ek Alag Mausam a love story involving HIV positive people based on a script by playwright Mahesh Dattani 39 ActionAid also supported Shyam Benegal s film Samar which is based on the book Unheard Voices Stories of Forgotten Lives by Harsh Mander 40 The film raises issues about Dalits 39 Notable Leaders EditEsther Agbarakwe Youngest chair person for General Assembly of ActionAid Javeria Malik 41 42 is the first Pakistani woman 43 to lead the Global Safety and Security Unit at ActionAid International and was featured 44 on the official website of International Women s Day 2022 INSSA Insights has featured Javeria as the first female Chairperson of the International NGO Safety amp Security Association Her interview published by the city security magazine was nominated for the best article of the year award 45 She was interviewed by Global Interagency Security Forum 46 to speak on the topic of inclusivity and anti racism in the nonprofit and aid sector See also EditTarget PovertyReferences Edit a b c Who we are ActionAid Archived from the original on 20 August 2018 Retrieved 25 May 2011 What we do ActionAid www actionaid org Archived from the original on 13 November 2017 Retrieved 20 November 2017 Campolina Adriano 10 October 2015 Facilitating more than leading Development and Cooperation Retrieved 4 December 2017 Patton Anna 6 October 2014 Internationalizing your NGO 4 lessons from ActionAid Devex Retrieved 4 December 2017 Strategy 2028 Action for Global Justice www actionaid org Archived from the original on 20 August 2018 Retrieved 4 December 2017 Ricks Jenny 7 July 2015 The anatomy of a campaign tax justice ActionAid The Guardian How Tax Havens Plunder the Poor Global Policy Forum ActionAid report says shady tax treaties disproportionately favour multinationals increasing inequality amp poverty in poor countries Business and Human Rights Resource Centre Bistand verkar inte i ett vakuum Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish 16 February 2012 Gribbin Alice 11 October 2011 98 of FTSE 100 companies use tax havens New Statesman Boffey Daniel 9 February 2013 Sugar manufacturer Associated British Foods avoids paying corporate tax in Zambia video The Guardian Hill Amelia 22 September 2016 Women do four years more work than men in lifetime report shows The Guardian Foster Dawn 17 July 2015 Women s paid and unpaid work and the colonial hangover openDemocracy 50 women face unwanted touching at markets Study The Daily Star 17 July 2017 Cope Rebecca 8 December 2016 Gemma Chan Shares Powerful Stories From Sexual Violence Victims In New ActionAid Film Grazia Zamfir Gabriel Kara O Neill 9 March 2017 Brave acid attack victims take to catwalk as they refuse to hide their faces The Mirror Actionaid Nigeria Offers Free Cancer Tests to 100 Women This Day 18 May 2017 Tusentals flickor i Sverige riskerar konsstympning Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish 14 June 2017 Rowling Megan 20 November 2015 How conflict increases countries climate change risk World Economic Forum Goering Laurie 9 November 2016 Trump win will not derail global climate effort activists vow Reuters WWF Care And Action Aid Launch Adaptation Report Blue amp Green Tomorrow 11 November 2016 Harvey Fiona 14 December 2015 Paris climate change deal too weak to help poor critics warn The Guardian Action Aid faults drought insurance that failed Malawi Higelin Michelle 25 May 2016 World Humanitarian Summit Time to shift power to women on the frontlines Left Foot Forward Two years on ActionAid s earthquake response continues but huge challenges remain ReliefWeb 11 January 2012 Finance ActionAid close to budget on its six month tsunami relief spend Third Sector 29 June 2005 Mobile phones save lives in remote African communities affected by drought Tech4Good Awards ActionAid appeals for help in drought hit areas of East Africa 25 June 2019 Rao Mohit M 29 April 2017 Unprecedented crop loss in State says ActionAid The Hindu ActionAid donates to Dome flood victims GhanaWeb 23 June 2015 Action Aid donates to flood victims The New Times Rwanda 26 May 2010 Sierra Leone Action Aid Donates Food Items to Flood Victims All Africa Pakistan Tells 18 International NGOs To Leave Country Report NDTV com Reuters 4 October 2018 Retrieved 5 June 2019 ActionAid the welcome to child sponsorship package Six things you should know about sponsoring a child ActionAid UK Campolina Adriano 23 March 2015 World Social Forum can inspire activists to unite against the global power grab The Guardian Azzeh Laila 6 August 2017 NGO seizes election opportunity to boost youth s political mobilisation The Jordan Times About Fight Inequality Archived from the original on 19 November 2017 Retrieved 4 December 2017 a b Ek Alag Mausam based on AIDS Smashits com Archived from the original on 4 January 2013 Retrieved 17 November 2012 Working for change The Hindu 20 May 2001 Archived from the original on 29 July 2003 Retrieved 28 November 2018 NGO Safety and Security Lead Board Chair Crisis Manager and Security Trainer International Women s Day Retrieved 30 October 2022 CSD 1 August 2014 Security from Experience VI Javeria Malik ActionAid International CSD Centre for Safety and Development Retrieved 30 October 2022 Bennett Gayle 14 November 2017 ActionAid Inspires Women in Security NSI Retrieved 30 October 2022 NGO Safety and Security Lead Board Chair Crisis Manager and Security Trainer International Women s Day Retrieved 30 October 2022 CSM Contributor 15 February 2019 Javeria Malik Global Security Advisor ActionAid International City Security Magazine Retrieved 30 October 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a first has generic name help Inclusive Security E6 Security Managers of Today retrieved 30 October 2022Further reading EditBrown Lalage Preparing the Future Women Literacy and Development Web ActionAid 1990 March 2012 Ahmed F amp Werker E What do Non governmental Organizations Do Web Journal of Economic Perspectives 2007 March 2012 ActionAid End Poverty Together Web March 2012 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ActionAid South Africa Web 2012 March 2012External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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