Oct. 27 (UPI) -- One in three nonprofit organizations has ended programs to end violence against women in the world because of funding cuts, a United Nations report released Monday found.
At Risk and Underfunded, a 27-page report, was based on a survey of 428 women's rights and civil society groups.
In the survey, 89% of those surveyed reported severe reductions in women's and girls' access to essential services.
"Women's rights organizations are the backbone of progress on violence against women, yet they are being pushed to the brink," said Kalliopi Mingeirou, chief of the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls section, U.N. Women.
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