As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the third anniversary of the ban on secondary education for girls in Afghanistan

As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million

“The consequences for these girls - and for Afghanistan - are catastrophic.”

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UNICEF Rep in Bangladesh Rana Flowers spelled out today what aid cuts could mean for Rohingya children in the world's biggest refugee camp "the global aid funding crisis risks becoming a child survival crisis" UNICEF is calling on call donors to sustain support for our lifesaving work for children.

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on global foreign aid reductions

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What the data says about U.S. foreign aid The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal spending.

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