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ArticleBMC public health2026

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

Erin Stern, Kate Doyle, Ruti Levtov, Lori Heise

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Article in BMC public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Erin SternPrevention Collaborative, Ottawa, Canada. e.stern@prevention-collaborative.org.
Kate DoylePrevention Collaborative, Ottawa, Canada.
Ruti LevtovPrevention Collaborative, Ottawa, Canada.
Lori HeisePrevention Collaborative, Ottawa, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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Gender-Based ViolenceInternational CooperationFemaleHumansUnited StatesWomen's RightsForeign aidGender-based violence preventionViolence prevention researchWomen’s rights organisations

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PMID41808094
PMCPMC12977835

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