ActionAid Ireland warns two-month aid blockade pushes Gaza to brink of famine
  • Date: 02/05/2025
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

The eight-week long aid blockade in Gaza is pushing the already beleaguered population to famine and a devastating human catastrophe, ActionAid Ireland warned today. Speaking two months to the day since Israeli authorities reinstated a complete siege on Gaza, blocking all food, medicine, and humanitarian aid from entering,  ActionAid Ireland CEO, Karol Balfe, warned: “The.....

ActionAid Ireland warns of slow deaths of Gaza’s under siege population as the prices of bags of flour soar to $300
  • Date: 24/04/2025
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

Food and medicines are rapidly running out and prices are skyrocketing in Gaza, ActionAid’s staff and partners are reporting, as the total ban on aid entering the territory continues into its eighth week, deliberately depriving people of the essentials needed to sustain life. More than 50 days after the Israeli authorities shut all border crossings.....

Women’s Rights: A journey to the heart of positive change in Ethiopia
  • Date: 24/04/2025
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

By Nisha Lama Karki, ActionAid Ireland GBV Protection Coordinator After a short hour-long flight from Addis Ababa to Jimma, our journey was far from over. A five-hour drive lay ahead, taking us through the lush terrain of Omia District in southwestern Ethiopia where the ActionAid’s Women’s Rights Programme III, funded by Irish Aid, is making.....