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The EU office of ActionAid: making the voices of people living in poverty heard by policymakers in Brussels, from a feminist, Southern-led lens.

Focused on #climate, #fairfinance, #genderequality, and #migrantrights.
They risk complicity in the genocide against Palestinians. This is not diplomacy written in ink, but in blood”. - Jamil Sawalmeh, Country Director of ActionAid Palestine

Read our full statement here: actionaid.org/news/2026/ac...
ActionAid warns EU leaders: talks risk legitimising the ongoing genocide in Gaza
As EU foreign ministers meet to discuss the Middle East on Thursday, ActionAid warns: there is no ceasefire for Palestinians in Gaza, only the next phase of genocide.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM
“There is no humanitarian solution to genocide and no diplomatic language capable of disguising it. EU leaders must choose – uphold international law or be remembered in history for its collapse. By allowing continued impunity, EU leaders are no longer neutral –
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM
As EU foreign ministers meet today at the Foreign Affairs Council, we urge EU leaders to act now by ending the EU-Israel trade agreement, upholding international law, protecting humanitarian organisations, halting forced displacement, and ensuring Palestinian-led, rights-based reconstruction.
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM
European institutions and Member States must stop governing migration through exclusion and start upholding the values they claim as Europe’s foundation: human rights, equality, and human dignity.

Read our joint statement: actionaid.org/news/2025/re...
Reclaiming Migration: A Call for Justice, Dignity, and an Anti-Racist Europe
Today, on International Migrants Day, we honour the countless people who move – across borders, cities, and continents – in search of safety, opportunity, family, and freedom. Migration is not an exce...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Earlier this year, we worked with @concord-europe.bsky.social to outline key messages and initial reflections for GAP IV, highlighting what civil society expects in the next phase of the EU’s gender equality commitments. You can read those here: concordeurope.org/resource/con...
CONCORD’s Position Paper on GAP IV - CONCORD
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December 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🌍 The stakes go far beyond one directive. They touch the future of Europe’s social, environmental and human-rights protections.
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
⚠️ Worryingly, this shift comes amid growing US corporate pressure and a new far-right–backed majority in the European Parliament. Together, they’re creating the long-term risk of a “Trumpification” of EU policymaking.
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
With negotiations now beginning on the EU’s next long-term budget (MFF), this is a crucial moment to demand stronger political and financial commitments to gender equality and accessible funding for feminist organisations.

🔗 Read more: actionaid.org/news/2025/in...

#16DaysofActivism #EndVAW
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: fund feminist futures now!
In a year marked by drastic aid cuts, an ongoing genocide and violent conflicts, and global backlash on gender equality, ActionAid called for a Global Month for Feminist Solidarity and Action between ...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM