It is no understatement to say that the government’s brutal aid cuts come at the worst possible time for women and girls around the world.
As the aid sector gets to grips with the allocations for Overseas Development Assistance (ODA), conflict is on the rise and it is frequently women and girls bearing the brunt. The International Development Committee recently heard that Sudan is “hell on earth” for women and girls today, while the UN found that conflict-related sexual violence increased by 87 per cent between 2022 and 2024.