ActionAid USA

Women's rights: in 2023, Actionaid continued its longstanding support for women in the global south through the creation and dissemination of several impactful publications highlighting the success of our young urban women (yuw) programs across the world. These publications included gender responsive public services explainers used to urge policymakers globally to prioritize gender equality in public service provisions as well as research on gig economies and women's rights used for advocacy at the macroeconomic level in countries with yuw programs, such as ghana, kenya, and south africa.

Climate justice: in 2023, we launched fund our future, our global campaign involving more than 70 Actionaid offices and hundreds of allies. We are calling for banks and investors to stop piling money into fossil fuels and industrial agriculture in the global south, to be replaced with public and private support for renewable energy and agroecological solutions that promote food security and social justice. To launch the campaign, Actionaid released its flagship report "how the finance flows: the banks fueling the climate crisis" which included shocking new data on how private banks are financing the fossil fuel and industrial agriculture industries in the global south. The campaign momentum reached its peak in september, with over 400,000 people participating in the global climate actions week, engaging online and offline in diverse initiatives such as marches, youth festivals, arts, and digital campaigns.

Emergency response:in 2023, Actionaid responded to major crises in gaza, turkey/syria, and morocco. In february, two powerful earthquakes struck turkey and syria in the span of 12 hours. More than 55,000 people were estimated to have lost their lives, while many more were injured and displaced. Overall, our response has reached more than 187,000 people through food kits, cash assistance, and shelter kits. Similarly, a powerful earthquake struck just outside of marrakesh, morocco, killing more than 3,000 people and damaging or destroying more than 60,000 households. Overall, our response reached 4,120 people through food kits, dignity kits, and protective services. And finally, at the onset of the humanitarian crisis in gaza, Actionaid put together an emergency fund that stood ready to deliver essential relief an soon as we were able. To date, we have reached more than 96,000 people through the distribution of hot meals, food kits, hygiene kits, cash assistance, and protective services. Additionally, alongside hundreds of other organizations, Actionaid and our coalition have mobilized more than 1,300,000 people to call on heads of state, the un security council, and other actors to prioritize an immediate and permanent ceasefire.

The remaining programs include politics and economics, right to food and agriculture, and land rights.