ActionAid USA

@ActionAidUSA

Building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. #MoreActionLessAid

Washington D.C.

Joined February 2011

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ActionAid USA@ActionAidUSA · Jul 20

Authoritarianism says “no aid.” We say YES. Every dollar is a vote for justice: 🎯 Crisis response 🎯 Youth training 🎯 Women’s resilience Join us. Donate now ▶ act.actionaidusa.org/a/act-x #ActNow #USAID #ForeignAid

ActionAidUSA's tweet image. Authoritarianism says “no aid.” We say YES.
Every dollar is a vote for justice:

🎯 Crisis response
🎯 Youth training
🎯 Women’s resilience

Join us. Donate now ▶ act.actionaidusa.org/a/act-x

#ActNow #USAID #ForeignAid

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ActionAid USA@ActionAidUSA · Jul 11

Extremely disappointing how developed nations are short-changing the countries bearing the brunt of the #ClimateCrisis they (developed nations) have caused. #PayUp4LossAndDamage

MMichael Simire@msimire · Jul 11

Developing countries decry ‘problematic’ Loss and Damage finance gap as campaign launched to demand rich nations pay up environewsnigeria.com/developing-cou… via @environewsng @LossandDamage @JothamNapat @VanuatuUN @CANIntl @ActionAidUSA @Oxfam @ClimateTRACE @miketerungwa @NCCCSNigeria

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ActionAid USA@ActionAidUSA · Jul 10

"#SDRs reform – if done right – can enhance macro-economic stability and support developing countries’ development and climate action, to the ultimate benefit of all." A must-read piece from our own @niramer24 & @brettonwoodspr's @JonSward Dive in 👉actionaidusa.org/insight/ffd4-m…

BBretton Woods Proj | bsky @brettonwoodsproject.org@brettonwoodspr · Jul 10

#News Lens: Global North countries have failed to deliver the reforms & actions required to make #SDRs more fit for purpose for the Global South, argue @JonSward & @niramer24 of @ActionAidUSA #FfD4 must mark the start of a new chapter #SDRsPlaybook actionaidusa.org/insight/ffd4-m…

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ActionAid USA@ActionAidUSA · Jul 1

Congress just approved $200B for immigrant detention - more than the U.S. has ever spent on global health, food aid, or climate finance. Let’s be real: There’s no funding gap. Just a priority gap. This is a moral failure. Read our full statement👇 actionaidusa.org/news/trump-wan…

ActionAidUSA's tweet card. The massive budget reconciliation bill just passed by the Senate targets basic public services like Medicaid and food assistance, while significantly

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ActionAid USA@ActionAidUSA · Jul 23

Violence thrives in silence. Darb Al Aman is breaking that silence with a disappearing chat window, giving survivors a lifeline when it's needed most. 💬 One message can change everything. Help us keep this tool alive 👉 bit.ly/4637tHg #GenderJustice

ActionAid USA@ActionAidUSA · Jul 23

🚨 Today, we join 100+ orgs to sound the alarm: In Gaza, people, including our colleagues, risk being shot just to reach crumbs of aid. The scale of suffering is staggering.💔 Read more 👉 actionaidusa.org/news/as-mass-s… #CeasefireNOW

ActionAid USA@ActionAidUSA · Jul 22

“We are living a real tragedy. Hunger is not temporary; it lives with us.” A mother in #Gaza describes the horror as hunger worsens and #HumanitarianAid remains blocked by military restrictions. We call for a #Ceasefire & unrestricted aid access 👉 actionaidusa.org/news/actionaid…

ActionAidUSA's tweet image. “We are living a real tragedy. Hunger is not temporary; it lives with us.” A mother in #Gaza describes the horror as hunger worsens and #HumanitarianAid remains blocked by military restrictions.

We call for a #Ceasefire &amp; unrestricted aid access 👉 actionaidusa.org/news/actionaid…

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ActionAid@ActionAid · Jul 22

They’ve attacked dissenting voices and dismantled foreign aid. We won’t stand by. Every dollar is a vote for justice: 🎯 Crisis response 🎯 Youth training 🎯 Women’s resilience Join us. Donate now ▶ bit.ly/4eXHXWa

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Bretton Woods Proj | bsky @brettonwoodsproject.org@brettonwoodspr · Jul 21

#FfD4Sevilla turned into a watered down consensus, reflecting lowest common denominator of multilateralism in times of tense geopolitics, argue @ma_jose_romero & @jeantheoptimist, of @eurodad Read our guest wrap up of #FfD4: tinyurl.com/FfD4Wrap-up

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ActionAid USA@ActionAidUSA · Jul 17

#ForeignAid cuts wiped out protection in Zambia’s fishing camps, forcing women into desperate trades for boat access & leaving violence survivors stranded. @ActionAidZambia's Faides TembaTemba’s tells France 24 what this means 👉 bit.ly/456NDtI #DebtJustice

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ActionAid USA@ActionAidUSA · Jul 16

"The Israeli government has weaponized #HumanitarianAid, turning it into a tool of oppression, deepening its control over #Gaza & continuing the collective punishment of Palestinians." @AAPalestine's @JSawalmeh 💔 Our full statement 👇 actionaidusa.org/news/actionaid…

ActionAidUSA's tweet card. Jamil Sawalmeh, Country Director for ActionAid Palestine, said: “These killing zones must cease to exist. The Israeli government has weaponized

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Michael Simire@msimire · Jul 11

Environmental experts call for accountability through climate litigations environewsnigeria.com/environmental-… via @environewsng @edenngo_2024 @pchima @elvirajordan69 @jakporphilip @renevlyn @AlagoaMorris @FMEnvng @BalarabeAbbas_ @ANI_Foundation @CSDevNet1 @kebetkachewomen

ActionAid USA@ActionAidUSA · Jul 4

“Global South countries are returning home empty-handed, left to deal with the devastating fallout of a debt crisis & an unjust global financial system... " @ActionAid's @larok_arthur calls out the disappointing outcome of #FfD4. Read our full statement👇 actionaidusa.org/news/global-so…

ActionAidUSA's tweet card. As the curtain closes on the global development summit – the Fourth Financing for Development conference - in Seville today, ActionAid has expressed

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ActionAid@ActionAid · Jul 3

At #FFD4 in Seville, ActionAid joined a powerful action by civil societies calling out the UN’s failure to deliver on debt justice. We are frustrated by rich countries swerving responsibility yet again and united in demanding what’s fair: #CancelTheDebt. Change the system.

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ActionAid USA@ActionAidUSA · Jul 3

75 % of lower-income countries pay more to creditors than to health, and 51 % more than to education. #CancelTheDebt, fund care and learning. Learn more about these facts here 👉 actionaidusa.org/publications/w… #FfD4People #DebtJustice

ActionAidUSA's tweet card. External debts, climate debts, and reparations in the Jubilee Year As we enter 2025, 54 countries are in debt crisis, forced to cut their spending on

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ActionAid@ActionAid · Jul 1

Doors just opened at our FFD4 side event Climate & Debt: Interconnected Crises & Responses in Sevilla. ActionAid & our allies are ready to show how crushing debts block climate action and to outline solutions like a UN debt convention, fairer taxes & grant-based climate finance.

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