Humanitarian Aid Failing to Be Feminist as Funding for Women Lags behind

Jun 10, 2019 | Nellie Peyton, Reuters
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About 0.1% of humanitarian funding goes to addressing violence against women and girls worldwide, charities said on Monday, prompting calls for a new “feminist” approach to foreign aid. Less than $2 was allocated to each woman or girl at risk of rape or abuse in conflict zones from 2016-2018, out of $41.5 billion in humanitarian aid, said the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and women’s rights group VOICE in a report.