Funding cuts leave women's aid organisations 'stretched to brink'


  • World
  • Tuesday, 13 May 2025

FILE PHOTO: The flags alley is seen outside the United Nations building during the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - Funding cuts have hit aid organisations that help the world's most vulnerable women especially hard, with over half of those surveyed at risk of closure within six months, a report by the United Nations agency for women said on Tuesday.

Since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office in January for a second term, his administration has cut billions of dollars in foreign assistance in a review that aimed to ensure programmes align with his "America First" foreign policy.

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