Unravelling progress: how US foreign aid cuts undermine global efforts to end violence against women

An overlooked consequence of the Trump Administration's dismantling of US foreign and humanitarian assistance has been its devastating impacts on efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women (VAW). This targeted defunding threatens the progress made to provide lifesaving services, implement vital prevention programs, track prevalence, and keep gender equality and VAW on the global agenda. Cuts to research threaten to undermine the field's capacity to generate evidence on what works to address violence and conduct evidence-informed advocacy. In this comment we call for renewed investment and commitment to support VAW prevention programming, services and research.