On 26 February 2025, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, was informed that most of our grants with the United States Government had been terminated. The 41 grants (with USAID and the State Department), totaling nearly $290 million, provided critical maternal healthcare, protection from violence, treatment for rape and other life-saving care in more than 20 countries and territories in crisis.

This decision will have a devastating impact on women and girls around the world.

For example, in Afghanistan, more than 9 million women will not receive maternal health and wider services. In the occupied Palestinian territory, the setup of crucial mobile obstetric units and safe spaces for women and girls, as well as supplies of medicines and post-partum kits, will be halted. 

Please help us protect women and girls.