The United Nations lamented the “declining” state of “gender equality” worldwide in a Thursday report that blamed its loss of government funds for the backslide.
Agencies across the U.N. are reporting “actual or anticipated weakening of their gender equality efforts” among other setbacks stemming from government agencies pulling back taxpayer funds from the international body, according to its new “Gender Snapshot” report. President Donald Trump slashed financial support for numerous U.N. programs over concerns about its political stances and failure to protect humanitarian programs from security threats. Before Trump’s actions, America was repeatedly the U.N.’s largest donor per year.
“Worryingly, global evidence shows shrinking civic space and funding cuts are major concerns for women’s organizations,” the U.N. wrote. “Women’s rights organizations, which have historically received less than 1 per cent of official development assistance (ODA) for gender equality are coming to an existential breaking point.”
The White House did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment. The U.N. also says the Trump administration is lagging on $1.312 billion in mandatory payments needed to maintain America’s voting rights in the U.N. General Assembly, Reuters reported Wednesday.
The Thursday report showed several statistics that the U.N. claimed show women around the world are suffering from inequality because it does not have enough money. “Nearly 8 in 10 PEACE PROCESSES worldwide did not include WOMEN as negotiators or mediators at all,” the U.N. declared.
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It also claimed the crisis had caused widespread lack of autonomy for women “over their sexual and reproductive health and rights.” The U.N. Population Fund and World Health Organization consider legal abortion a key metric for women’s rights globally.
Achieving gender equality will take 171 years “at the current rate” of social progress, the report found.