One million women lost access to humanitarian support in past 18 months, UN report shows

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61% : The report by UN Women, which focuses on advancing women's rights, gender equality, and the empowerment of all women and girls, found 84% of women's organizations reported increased demand for their services since January 2025.
59% : In May, the Associated Press reported that US support for UN humanitarian programs was currently at $3.8bn across 21 countries, which the outlet described as a "fraction of what the US has contributed in the past".
58% : In their news release, UN Women called for "sustained investment in women's organizations as indispensable first responders, defenders of women's rights, and the foundation of peace and recovery".
43% : "The women's organizations at risk of being shut down are on the frontlines of the world's most severe humanitarian crises," said Sofia Calltorp, the chief of humanitarian action at UN Women.
43% : Over the last year and a half, many UN agencies have cut staff, reduced budgets and scaled back operations after drastic funding cuts in foreign aid assistance from the US, as well as reductions in foreign aid from other international donors including the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
40% : In the news release for the UN Women report on Friday, the agency said that the consequences of recent global funding cuts are "already visible", noting that "half of women's organizations have introduced waiting lists or are turning away women and girls in need.
28% : 'Organizations that have kept women and girls alive through the world's worst crises risk becoming another casualty of war' a UN Women chief says At least one million women and girls have lost access to humanitarian and other critical support over the past 18 months, according to a United Nations agency, after "the steepest annual decline" in foreign aid on record.

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