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'Women Are Having to Sell Sex for Fish': Head of ActionAid Zambia on USAID Cuts
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Obama, Bush and Bono bid a fond farewell to USAID
On Monday, in a video conference, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and U2 singer Bono, said some inspiring words to USAID workers on their last day at USAID, which is now officially shut down. Supposedly there was leaked video that Associated Press has,...
'Women are having to sell sex for fish': Head of ActionAid Zambia on USAID cuts
The director of ActionAid Zambia has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the dire conditions women are facing in the country because of cuts to USAID. This as the organisation is officially wound down, ending billions of dollars' worth of aid programmes across the world. In Zambia, the cuts mean women are having to sell sex to men in order to be able to go fishing to feed themselves and their families. Faides TembaTemba spoke to us from the UN Conference …
At the global level, a team of researchers has modelled the number of deaths to come due to cuts in American humanitarian programmes. At the same time, the government is taking note of the end of the USAid.
More than 80% of the agency's programs were cancelled in March and the rest were formally absorbed by the State Department on Tuesday.
After drastic cuts by the Trump administration, the U.S. Development Assistance Agency (USAID) will stop its work from July. This threatens the lives of millions of people worldwide – and isolates the U.S. because the U.S. agency, founded by John F. Kennedy, was one of the most powerful soft-power instruments of the Americans.
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