Less Than 1% Of Aid Funding Is Put Towards Fighting Gender-Based Violence

Hundreds of protests are held each year across the globe, calling to end the violence against women. (Credit: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters)

Last year, nations across the globe invested $204 billion, equal to more than £165 billion, in overseas development assistance – according to a recent UN Women report.

While the huge sum was put to humanitarian support on an international scale, researchers found that less than one per cent, one-fifth of one per cent, of the funds was spent on reducing gender-based violence.