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Article Women's rights face 'full-on assault' due to UN and aid funding cuts

Article Women's rights face 'full-on assault' due to UN and aid funding cuts

 
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/womens-rights-face-full-on-assault-due-un-aid-funding-cuts-2025-07-09/

https://archive.ph/X7gxW

Quote:An OHCHR document circulated to member states and reviewed by Reuters shows that 13 human rights reports have been delayed, four of them specifically concerning women, putting off both investigations and discussions on how policies can be improved.

"We're silencing policy dialogue," Pooja Patel, Programme Director at the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva, told Reuters.
One in four countries reported a backlash on women's rights last year, a U.N. report in March said, something rights groups said made monitoring and recommendations all the more important.

"It really does affect the everyday lives of women and girls when these reports and mechanisms are not functioning," said Claire Somerville, a lecturer and Executive Director of the Gender Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
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Today, 9:07 AM #1

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/womens-rights-face-full-on-assault-due-un-aid-funding-cuts-2025-07-09/

https://archive.ph/X7gxW

Quote:An OHCHR document circulated to member states and reviewed by Reuters shows that 13 human rights reports have been delayed, four of them specifically concerning women, putting off both investigations and discussions on how policies can be improved.

"We're silencing policy dialogue," Pooja Patel, Programme Director at the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva, told Reuters.
One in four countries reported a backlash on women's rights last year, a U.N. report in March said, something rights groups said made monitoring and recommendations all the more important.

"It really does affect the everyday lives of women and girls when these reports and mechanisms are not functioning," said Claire Somerville, a lecturer and Executive Director of the Gender Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

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