ActionAid Australia

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How ActionAid is getting aid into Gaza
How ActionAid is getting aid into Gaza
Despite the overwhelming challenges, ActionAid’s team in Palestine and our partners in Gaza are working hard to deliver assistance to people in need. ActionAid Palestine is a locally-led organisat...
ActionAid DRC speaks to Al Jazeera about Ebola outbreak
ActionAid DRC speaks to Al Jazeera about Ebola outbreak
ActionAid DRC Country Director Dr Saani speaks to Al Jazeera about the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ActionAid has launched an emergency appeal to raise funds for A...
Justice for Palestine: In Conversation with Jamil Sawalmeh in Melbourne
Justice for Palestine: In Conversation with Jamil Sawalmeh in Melbourne
ActionAid Australia hosted Justice for Palestine in Melbourne on 14 May 2026, where we joined in conversation with Jamil Sawalmeh (ActionAid Palestine Country Director), Noura Mansour (Democracy in...
Jamil Sawalmeh from ActionAid Palestine on ABC News Breakfast TV
Jamil Sawalmeh from ActionAid Palestine on ABC News Breakfast TV
Jamil Sawalmeh from ActionAid Palestine joined ABC News Breakfast to discuss the ongoing genocide in Palestine, challenges with aid access in Gaza, and what Nakba Day means to the Palestinian peopl...
Justice for Palestine: Jamil Sawalmeh in conversation with Antony Loewenstein and Sara Saleh
Justice for Palestine: Jamil Sawalmeh in conversation with Antony Loewenstein and Sara Saleh
ActionAid Australia and Muslim Aid Australia International hosted Justice for Palestine in Sydney on 12 May 2026, where we joined in conversation with Jamil Sawalmeh (ActionAid Palestine Country Di...
Webinar: Every Degree Deepens Inequality
Webinar: Every Degree Deepens Inequality
With every degree of global warming, women are the ones paying the biggest price. But together we can hold the drivers of climate change to account, and women-led climate action can help turn the t...
ANZ AGM 2025 - ANZ's approach to gender equality
ANZ AGM 2025 - ANZ's approach to gender equality
ActionAid Australia's Campaigns and Policy Coordinator Aashna Pillay asks ANZ at its 2025 AGM whether it considers its customers' records on upholding gender equality when considering financing them.
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Today, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, we honour the courage and resilience of the Palestinian people, and we call on the world to stand with #Palestine. We reco...
Jannah describes the challenges of everyday life in the West Bank
Jannah describes the challenges of everyday life in the West Bank
Jannah Al-Ezzeh is from a neighbourhood in the old city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank explains that since 7th October, life has become much more difficult for her family and herself. She desc...
ABC News Breakfast: ActionAid talks about humanitarian situation in Gaza and the West Bank
ABC News Breakfast: ActionAid talks about humanitarian situation in Gaza and the West Bank
Jamil Sawalmeh, Country Director of ActionAid Palestine, joined ABC News Breakfast to discuss humanitarian situation in Gaza and the West Bank.
COP30 - We Need a Just Transition
COP30 - We Need a Just Transition
"Put people first. No one should be left behind!" 👏👏👏 #COP30 #JustTransition #ClimateJustice #ClimateChange
Back to back typhoons in the Philippines
Back to back typhoons in the Philippines
The #Philippines has felt the full weight of the climate crisis over the past few weeks, with Super-Typhoon Fung-wong and Typhoon Kalmaegi devastating communities. These typhoons come in the wake o...
Maisoon shares her story from Gaza
Maisoon shares her story from Gaza
Maisoon Abu Breik is a midwife and delivery room nurse at Al-Awda Hospital - ActionAid's partner in Gaza. She shares her story of two years spent working through unimaginable conditions. One of the...
ABC News Breakfast: ActionAid talks about Gaza ceasefire and humanitarian aid access
ABC News Breakfast: ActionAid talks about Gaza ceasefire and humanitarian aid access
Jamil Sawalmeh, Country Director of ActionAid Palestine, joined ABC News Breakfast to discuss the recent Gaza ceasefire, what the situation is like on the ground in Gaza right now, humanitarian aid...
Dr. Raed Rajab Al-Baba from Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat discusses the hunger crisis in Gaza
Dr. Raed Rajab Al-Baba from Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat discusses the hunger crisis in Gaza
With Israel blocking almost all aid into #Gaza, including food and baby formula, mothers and their children are enduring a desperate battle to survive each day. Dr. Raed Rajab Al-Baba works at Act...
ActionAid speaks to ABC on Gaza aid blockade
ActionAid speaks to ABC on Gaza aid blockade
This morning, ActionAid Palestine Country Manager Jamil Sawalmeh spoke to ABC News Breakfast about the Gaza aid blockade, and the importance of public solidarity for the people of #Gaza. Yesterda...
ActionAid speaks to ABC News Breakfast about the Gaza aid blockade
ActionAid speaks to ABC News Breakfast about the Gaza aid blockade
ActionAid Palestine Country Manager Jamil Sawalmeh speaks to ABC News Breakfast about the Gaza aid blockade and the need for the Australian government to put more pressure on the Israeli government...
The webinar your bank doesn't want you to watch
The webinar your bank doesn't want you to watch
Big banks are funnelling money to climate chaos — but around the world, we're pushing back. In this webinar we hear from campaigners from across the globe on how they're holding big banks to accoun...
ActionAid's Jamil Sawalmeh talks about the aid situation in Gaza right now
ActionAid's Jamil Sawalmeh talks about the aid situation in Gaza right now
Aid airdrops in #Gaza are dangerous, inefficient and no alternative to aid delivery by land. Jamil Sawalmeh from ActionAid Palestine spoke with the media about the aid siutation in Gaza right now...