ActionAid
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ActionAid
Summary
ActionAid is a nonprofit organization[1]. ActionAid has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- ActionAid's field of work was humanitarian aid[3].
- ActionAid's field of work was women's rights[4].
- ActionAid's field of work was social justice[5].
- ActionAid's field of work was climate justice[6].
- ActionAid's field of work was economic justice[7].
- ActionAid's field of work was poverty reduction[8].
- ActionAid was a member of Conference of NGOs[9].
- ActionAid was a member of Start Network[10].
- ActionAid is in the country of Netherlands[11].
- ActionAid's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[12].
- ActionAid's instance of is recorded as international non-governmental organization[13].
- ActionAid's instance of is recorded as human rights organization[14].
- ActionAid's founder is recorded as Cecil Jackson-Cole[15].
- ActionAid's headquarters location is recorded as Johannesburg[16].
- ActionAid's child organization or unit is recorded as Q50379042[17].
- ActionAid's child organization or unit is recorded as Q132472062[18].
- ActionAid's child organization or unit is recorded as ActionAid Ghana[19].
- ActionAid's child organization or unit is recorded as Q16669678[20].
- ActionAid's child organization or unit is recorded as ActionAid Nigeria[21].
- ActionAid's child organization or unit is recorded as ActionAid Rwanda[22].
- ActionAid's child organization or unit is recorded as ActionAid Netherlands[23].
- ActionAid's child organization or unit is recorded as ActionAid Greece[24].
- ActionAid's child organization or unit is recorded as ActionAid Ireland[25].
- ActionAid's child organization or unit is recorded as Q4677045[26].
- ActionAid's child organization or unit is recorded as ActionAid Australia[27].
Body
Founding
ActionAid's founder is recorded as Cecil Jackson-Cole[15]. 1972 marks the founding of ActionAid[28].
Identity
Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'AAI'}[29] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'AA'}[30].
Operations
ActionAid's headquarters location is recorded as Johannesburg[16]. Subsidiaries include Q50379042[17], a nonprofit organization[31], in United States[32], founded in 1972[33], headquartered in Washington, D.C.[34]; Q132472062[18], a nonprofit organization[35], in United Kingdom[36]; ActionAid Ghana[19], a human rights organization[37], in Ghana[38], founded in 1990[39], headquartered in East Legon[40]; Q16669678[20], a nonprofit organization[41], in France[42], founded in 1983[43], headquartered in Montreuil[44]; ActionAid Nigeria[21], a non-governmental organization[45], in Nigeria[46], founded in 1999[47], headquartered in Abuja[48]; and ActionAid Rwanda[22], a nonprofit organization[49], in Rwanda[50], founded in 1997[51], headquartered in Remera[52].
Industry
Fields of work include humanitarian aid[3]; women's rights[4], a concept[53]; social justice[5], an essentially contested concept[54], founded in 1840[55]; climate justice[6], a group action[56]; economic justice[7]; and poverty reduction[8], an economic concept[57].
Why It Matters
ActionAid has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] ActionAid is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]