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![Five Actions You Can Take to Support the Coronavirus Solidarity Fund!](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Our-partner-union-in-Indonesia-LION-distributes-sanitation-through-low-income-neighbourhoods.jpg)
Five Actions You Can Take to Support the Coronavirus Solidarity Fund!
Are you looking for ways to stand in solidarity with vulnerable workers and communities around the globe as they organise to combat the COVID-19 health and economic crisis?
![West Australian Parliament Stands in Solidarity with Philippine Unionists](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/icon.png)
West Australian Parliament Stands in Solidarity with Philippine Unionists
By rallying on the streets, supporting the solidarity tour of visiting Filipino unionists, and by meeting with your elected representatives, you secured the solidarity of West Australian parliamentarians!
![Palestinian Women Seize Opportunities to Work in the West Bank](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jenin_women2.jpg)
Palestinian Women Seize Opportunities to Work in the West Bank
In the West Bank, Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA is working with a local business to help women overcome the challenges of discrimination and restrictive social norms that prevent their participation in the economic life of their community.
![Global Call to End Trade Negotiations During Pandemic](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/media-release-global-call-to-end-trade-neg.jpg)
Global Call to End Trade Negotiations During Pandemic
Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA has joined international aid and civil society organisations in calling for an end to trade negotiations during the Coronavirus pandemic to help low-income countries focus on the health emergency.
![Australian Civil Society Calls for Debt Relief to Combat Coronavirus Pandemic](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/400-x-250-media-release.jpg)
Australian Civil Society Calls for Debt Relief to Combat Coronavirus Pandemic
Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA has joined international aid and civil society organisations in calling for debt relief to low-income countries to combat the Coronavirus pandemic.
![Brisbane Activists Raise More Than $5,000 for Women’s Solidarity Across Borders!](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/iwd-1080x675.jpg)
Brisbane Activists Raise More Than $5,000 for Women’s Solidarity Across Borders!
On International Women’s Day, activists and internationalists of Brisbane came together to celebrate women’s solidarity across borders!
![Campaign Momentum! Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines Scrutinised by Australian Senate!](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/TIM2.png)
Campaign Momentum! Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines Scrutinised by Australian Senate!
Thanks to the solidarity of hundreds of Australian union members who rallied on the streets, wrote letters of protest, and attended advocacy talks from visiting Filipino unionists, trade union repression in the Philippines has been called to the attention of the Australian government!
![Penny Howard on Securing a Just Transition – APHEDA People](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/penny_howard-1080x675.jpg)
Penny Howard on Securing a Just Transition – APHEDA People
“Global justice is a process of both identifying problems and a system, and building the campaigns and political movements that can unite people within countries but also across countries.”
![Supporting Advocacy for Publically-Owned Renewable Energy in Nepal](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/25319667_10155952337287520_1903604831_o-1080x675.jpg)
Supporting Advocacy for Publically-Owned Renewable Energy in Nepal
Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA is working with the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS Nepal) to research how communities on the front-lines of climate change in Nepal can benefit from the public ownership, production, and distribution of renewable hydroelectric energy.