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Thursday, September 02, 2010
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ACTSA's History |
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Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) is the successor organisation to the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM). ACTSA was formed in 1994 after the first democratic elections in South Africa.
ACTSA campaigns with the people of southern Africa to build a future of justice, rights, development and democracy for the region.
Since 1994 we have:
- Delivered over six million sanitary products to women in Zimbabwe since October 2005 as part of our Dignity!Period. Campaign
- Helped secure a settlement of £7.5 million for asbestos sufferers working for British company Cape Plc, after a lengthy public campaign
- Played an active role in the Kimberley negotiations, weeding out illegal diamonds from all future international trade, after helping expose their role in funding the Angolan Civil War
- Successfully supported Zambian civil society by targeting British based company Vendanta Resources; securing fairer tax deals from the Zambian government and an additional $415 million dollars in 2008 alone
- Continued to press the EU to promote a pro-development trade policy and to renegotiate the EPAs made with southern African states
- Launched Africa Matters campaign forging links between UK Trades Unions and in southern Africa, as hosted by Gordon Brown, the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales
- Held a number of conferences and delegations to ensure the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Malaria and tuberculosis receives the necessary financial support
- Campaigned successfully for the establishment of a United Nations women's agency
- Campaigned successfully for the establishment of a patent pool for HIV/AIDS medicines
For examples of our current work please take a look at our current campaigns.
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Action for Southern Africa - Peace, Justice, Solidarity Email:actsa@actsa.org Tel:020 3263 2001 Fax:020 7931 9398 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road London SW1V 1EH