UN Women said at least 1 million women have lost access to humanitarian aid and critical support due to funding cuts over the past 18 months. The agency warned that women’s organisations worldwide are struggling with rising demand, with many facing possible closure amid reduced international assistance and growing conflict-related sexual violence.
Funding cuts leave 1 million women without aid access, says UN Women. At least 1 million women have lost access to humanitarian assistance and other critical support due to budget cuts over the past 18 months, according to UN Women.
The UN agency focused on women said 84% of women's organisations surveyed reported increased needs since January 2025, when the Trump administration in the US, the biggest UN donor, assumed office and began reducing foreign aid.
“Every dollar withdrawn from women's organisations is a dollar withdrawn from survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, displaced mothers, girls forced from school and communities struggling to survive,” said Sofia Calltorp, UN Women's chief of humanitarian action.
Women’s groups struggle amid rising demand
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