Funding Cuts Threaten Women’s Survival | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews A global funding crisis is leaving millions of women and girls without critical aid, as UN Women reports that budget cuts over the past 18 months have crippled humanitarian services, with 84% of women’s organizations reporting surging needs and nearly 90% unable to meet demand. One in five fear closure within a year, while conflict-related sexual violence doubled last year and global development aid plunged 25%—the steepest drop ever. Lifelines for the most vulnerable are collapsing as U.N. programs scale back and jobs vanish. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/bd5f0b179137d3ab