Women paying biggest price for aid cuts in Afghanistan: WFP
“More than one million mothers and children no longer benefit from nutritional aid due to a severe lack of funding.”
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has once again expressed concern about the lack of funding for aid programs for the needy in Afghanistan, saying that women will suffer the most.
The UN agency said on X on Sunday that in Afghanistan, it is the women who bear the heavy burden with less options for livelihood.
"Women are paying the greatest cost for aid cuts in Afghanistan," WFP said.
"More than one million mothers and children no longer benefit from nutritional aid due to a severe lack of funding."
According to the organization, four million women and children in Afghanistan are struggling with malnutrition, and the situation will only get worse if funding is not provided.
UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA, Roza Otunbayeva, is expected to brief the UN Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan on Wednesday after UNAMA released its quarterly report Tuesday.
Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, will preside over the meeting.
UNAMA’s latest report, which includes information gathered after the last report dated June 13, states that security incidents have increased against the same period last year; restrictions on women have increased, and almost more than 24 million people still need humanitarian aid.
The Islamic Emirate, meanwhile, expects that the reality of Afghanistan should be reflected in Otunbayeva’s report.
IEA has already asked UNAMA many times to reflect on the realities of Afghanistan in its reports and to refrain from exaggerating small issues.
Otunbayeva stated in her last report that by August 30 of this year, only 24.9 percent of the $2.9 billion dollars required for aid to Afghanistan had been provided.
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