A United Nations report says at least one million women and girls have lost access to life-saving humanitarian and other critical support over the last year because of steep global donor aid cuts.

UN Women said 84% of women’s organizations it surveyed reported increased needs since January 2025, when the Trump administration began cutting foreign aid. The report said nearly nine in 10 women’s organizations can no longer meet needs on the ground despite demand rising, and that reductions in funding have created coverage gaps because these organizations are often among the only groups able to reach women and girls in crisis settings.

The report found that around 40% of the 855 women’s organizations surveyed in countries including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Haiti are at risk of temporarily or permanently shutting down within a year due to lack of funds. It also said 60% of organizations are reaching fewer women and girls than before January 2025, despite surging need.

UN Women’s head of humanitarian action, Sofia Calltorp, said the withdrawal of funding from women’s organizations undermines support for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, displaced mothers, girls forced from school, and communities struggling to survive. The report also said 65% of women-led organizations have staff working without pay, and about half have introduced waiting lists or turned away women and girls, while more than three-quarters have cut staff roles. It added that as conflict-related sexual violence doubled last year, safe spaces and gender-based violence case management services have also been reduced due to cuts.