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Impact of United States Funding Suspension on Ukrainian Women’s Organizations
Women-led and women’s rights organizations (WROs) in Ukraine have been severely impacted by funding suspensions by the United States (U.S), a new survey by UN Women, the Apparatus of the Government Commissioner for Gender Equality Policy of Ukraine, and the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group, reveals.
Nearly half of the 99 surveyed organizations had either received or were expecting U.S. financial support in January 2025. Among these, 72 per cent reported severe disruptions, threatening the continuation of emergency response, humanitarian, and development initiatives across the country. Five women’s rights organizations announced that they will have to close in the coming month, and overall, 35 organizations say that they are likely to have to stop working after 6 months, if no new funding is found to replace lost resources.
For more details, read the full report.
UN Women calls for more direct, flexible, and long-term funding to women’s rights organizations to ensure life-saving programs for women and girls to meet sudden funding gaps.
Bibliographic information
Geographic coverage:
Europe and Central Asia
Ukraine
Resource type(s):
Assessments
Publication year
2025
Publishing entity/ies:
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)