How hard will UK aid cuts hit projects helping women and girls?
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Slashing aid budgets abandons the world's most vulnerable people when they need help most. These cuts will directly cause preventable deaths, particularly among women and children in conflict zones, while undermining decades of progress in global health and education. The decision represents a betrayal of international solidarity and moral leadership at a time when humanitarian crises are escalating worldwide.
There is a 50% chance that the total contributions to the Global Fund will receive $13.6 billion in the next 3-year cycle (2026-2028), according to the Metaculus prediction community.