IPPF has had strong media coverage in The Guardian today, which quotes Alvaro extensively.
The UK Government recently announced deep cuts to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office budgets, which risks bringing the UK’s development budget far below the GNI 0,7% threshold.
The cuts will have a broad impact, including on SRHR programs around the world.
The impact will be brutal,” Bermejo said. “We’re already having to close in half the countries where we are operating and keep the remaining ones operating at 30% of what they were. We will have to close our Mozambique project with three months’ notice and our Zambia project. We’re losing staff now.
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https://www.theguardian.com/…/uk-aid-cuts-trump
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