One million women lose aid access due to funding cuts, UN Women says

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According to a United Nations report, over one million women and girls worldwide have lost access to critical aid due to significant cuts in global donor funding over the past year. The demand for women's organizational support has surged while funding has dropped to its lowest recorded level.

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, July 10 (Reuters) - At least one million women and girls have lost access to life-saving support within the last year due to global donor aid cuts, a new United Nations report on Friday found. Nearly nine in 10 women’s organisations can no longer meet the needs on the ground despite a large increase in demand since January last year, following the steepest drop in aid funding on record, the U.N. Women report found.