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How to achieve quality education for all and Leave No One Behind

We aim to show how progressive domestic resource mobilisation - collecting enough tax money and spending it right - is a sustainable way to finance free, quality public education for all, leaving no

Abayomi is a teacher in Nigeria, whose school could be better funded by better tax measures.

Taxing for equality

We see time and again that adequate public services, funded by progressive taxation, are central to levelling out inequality. That means, plain and simple, those with more means contributing

Opinion

As Cyclone Fani hits India, we owe it to the poorest to be ready

I’m writing this from Odisha, on India’s east coast, as we are hit a cyclone for the umpteenth time. Just 24 hours in to Cyclone Fani, one vital lesson is clear. In the era of frequent climate

Time for a complete U-turn on natural resource management

Across the globe, we are witnessing unprecedented and often violent scrambles for natural resources. Environmental activists and land rights defenders are increasingly under attack. Few of these

Opinion

Funding girls' education in emergencies

Covid-19 has had devastating impact on young women’s education. Young women and girls are at higher risk of early marriage and pregnancy. Massive investment in education is urgently needed. Let’s

Across Bangladesh, especially in the poorest communities, children are facing increased health, education and safety risks.
Opinion

Young people hold the key to a better future

To mark its 75th anniversary, the United Nations invited people from all over the world to join conversations on how to tackle the challenges we face and how to build a better future for all.

A student practices her computer skills in Dhaka.

Are NGOs willing to share power and resources with local women’s groups in the battle to eliminate violence against women?

Nearly three decades ago, governments signed the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Since then, laws on domestic violence have been passed in 155 countries and 140 have outlawed

The 25-strong women’s group she chairs, supports survivors of violence and abuse, and women farmers who lost everything during Idai and the recent flooding.
Opinion

On Palestine Day, Israeli occupation continues to violate the rights and freedoms of people in the oPt

The United Nation’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is marked this year as Israeli occupation continues violating the human rights of Palestinian people as they battle the

A little boy and a little girl wearing facemasks stand in front of tents destroyed by Israeli forces in Palestine
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Covid-19 vaccines must be free and accessible to people in the Global South

Money and profit shouldn’t determine who has access to treatment, and there are other, better ways to ensure everyone has a route out of this crisis. ActionAid is supporting calls for a People’s

A nurse prepares treatment for a patient in Uganda.
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Young people face a very uncertain future after the pandemic

At the start of the pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) predicted a global loss of 305 million full-time jobs by July 2020. Now this number is over 400 million. The crisis is worse

Nima and her mother earn an income from their sewing shop in Tamale Peri, Ghana