Addressing Growing Protection Needs of Children on the Move

There are more children on the move today than ever before. Of the 110 million people currently…

Age Demand Action Platform Fights For the Rights of Older People Around the World

This year, the UN is focused on the urgent need to meet autonomy and independence of older persons without forgetting the urgency to shield them from violence, abuse, and neglect.

Aid Delivers 2021

Attacks on Media Workers Grow and Few Punished

"Two media workers have been murdered each week on average this year—73 to date, making it likely the number of those killed will meet or exceed that of 2017, when 82 media workers were murdered."

Attention to the Democratic Republic of Congo is Needed Yesterday

InterAction and its Member organizations are launching a comprehensive social media campaign to raise and sustain attention to the impact of the conflict in eastern DRC on civilians and civilian infrastructure. The campaign comes on the heels of a visit to the country by InterAction’s CEO, Tom Hart.

Building on COP27’s Breakthrough Loss and Damage Agreement

After over 30 years of advocacy by the Global South and civil society organizations, delegates at the…

COP 26: NGO Recommendations for Bold Climate Action

We need ambitious and bold commitments at COP26 to avoid worsening global instability, displacement, and hunger in the world’s most…

COP27: From Climate Adaptation to Climate Mitigation

Only 24% of Africa’s total climate finance needs have been earmarked for adaptation measures, despite the continent being highly…

COVID-19 Global Aftershocks

COVID-19 has now been reported in nearly every country around the globe, including many developing countries with limited capacity to…

Celebrating Women Humanitarians

On August 19, 2003, a terrorist attack hit the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22 people. Five years later,…