UN Women has recently announced that organizations supporting women and girls in Afghanistan are facing funding shortages, yet they continue their efforts to assist survivors of violence.
The organization stated today (Sunday, November 30) in a message posted on its X account on the occasion of the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” that it continues to support women at risk.
UN Women further emphasized that organizations supporting women and girls have lost about one-fifth of their budget this year.
According to the statement, due to cuts in assistance, women’s support organizations have received less than 60% of the funding they need.
This decline in funding comes at a time when Afghan women and girls are facing increasing restrictions imposed by the de facto authorities. Meanwhile, over the past two years, violence against Afghan women has increased by 40%.
The current authorities, after taking control of Afghanistan, have also barred women and girls from education and schooling. Most recently, they closed the doors of medical institutes to female students, even though the health sector across Afghanistan is facing a shortage of personnel.
This action by the current authorities has resulted in millions of school-age girls being deprived of education.
