Additional Context: This information comes from the WRC report, "A Year of Harms: The Impact of US Foreign Aid Cuts on Women and Girls in Humanitarian Crises." WRC researchers analyzed publicly available evidence on how the 2025 US foreign aid cuts have affected women and girls. Drawing on 105 gender-disaggregated sources from humanitarian crises in 32 countries, the report shows that funding reductions triggered cascading failures in health, protection, education, livelihoods, and civil society systems—impacts that have compounded over the past year.

According to WRC researchers, over 3 million women and girls in humanitarian crises have lost access to GBV prevention and response, though they claim the actual number is likely significantly higher. Hundreds of safe spaces for women and girls have closed, quality of services has decreased, and disruptions have impacted community trust.

WRC utilized publicly available information on active and terminated USAID programming, including official development assistance data from the OECD, and information from the OCHA-FTS. The 3 million calculation was calculated by adding the expected reach of terminated GBV work in humanitarian settings, stemming from an estimated total of $114.4 million in cut programming.

Source: WRC