US EditionWomen's rights face 'full-on assault' due to UN and aid funding cuts
UNITED STATES, JUL 9 – Proposed rescission would cut $1 billion from U.S. funding for UN agencies including UNICEF and WHO, worsening financial shortfalls amid growing global humanitarian crises, officials said.
- Four major international reports on women's rights will not be published this year, according to a U.N. document.
- The U.N. document indicates that 13 human rights reports have been delayed, with four specifically about women.
- Ecuador stated that this decision could send the wrong message amid a backlash against women's rights.
- U.N. Women reported that 90% of women's rights organizations in crisis-affected countries have faced funding cuts.
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UN’s food agency limits aid operations in West and Central Africa due to funding cuts
By OPE ADETAYO, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The World Food Programme said Friday it is suspending food and nutritional assistance across crisis-hit West and Central African countries as a result of U.S. aid cuts, which are grinding the organization’s operations to a halt. While the timeline varies, food stocks are projected to last until around September for most of the affected countries, leaving millions of vulnerable people potenti…
Tell senators to keep vaccine aid by rejecting recissions bill
HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington The Senate could vote on a Trump administration-proposed rescissions package before July 18. The package aims to cut funding for foreign aid already appropriated for years by a bipartisan Congress. Included is The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. This stands as one of the most remarkable success stories in global heal…
UN Funding Crisis Threatens Work of Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the UN system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe, and for addressing situations of human rights violations, and making recommendations on them, according to the UN. It has the ability to discuss all thematic human rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year. It meets at the United Nations Office at…
In its report, the UN agency warns about a "time bomb". Historically, the largest humanitarian donor, the United States has brutally reduced its international aid with Donald Trump's arrival in the White House. - AIDS: Towards a 20-year backward return due to the interruption of US international aid? (International).
Women's rights face 'full-on assault' due to UN and aid funding cuts
Four major international reports on women's rights, including recommendations on how to prevent domestic violence and discrimination, will not be published this year, a U.N. document showed, part of what rights groups describe as a broader backlash against gender equality.
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US funding cuts could reverse decades of gains in AIDS fight: UN
The halt to US foreign aid is a "ticking time bomb" that could reverse decades of hard-fought gains in the fight against AIDS, the United Nations warned Thursday.
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