One million women lose aid access due to funding cuts, UN Women says
UN Women said 84% of surveyed groups saw demand rise since January 2025, while 40% face shutdown risk as aid cuts deepen.
- On Friday, a United Nations report found that at least one million women and girls lost access to life-saving support within the last year due to global donor aid cuts.
- The Trump administration slashed foreign assistance this year, while other major international donors reduced budgets due to fiscal pressures and increased defence spending, creating the steepest drop in aid funding on record.
- Surveying 855 organizations, the report found 60% are reaching fewer women and girls than before January 2025, while 40% face temporary or permanent closure within the next year.
- United Nations Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp warned that "Every dollar withdrawn" harms survivors, as 65% of women-led organizations report staff working without pay to maintain services.
- Some 120 million women and girls require humanitarian assistance worldwide, with the United Nations characterizing the cuts as part of a broader gender backlash affecting women's leadership initiatives.
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At least one million women and girls have been deprived of aid since January 2025 as the cuts in humanitarian aid affect women's organizations involved in crises, warns on Friday a UN Women report.
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INTELLINEWSSeveral NGOs denounce the lack of resources allocated to them for the effective continuation of their services, a situation which makes it difficult to take care of victims, especially those of sexual violence.
According to the United Nations, as a result of massive cuts in international aid, at least one million women and girls have lost access to urgently needed support.
At least 1 million women have lost access to aid after funding cuts, U.N. says
At least 1 million women have lost access to humanitarian and other critical support as a result of budget cuts over the last 18 months, the U.N. agency focusing on women said Friday.
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