ActionAid warns Trump election sends an “existential and dangerous threat to women and girls’ rights across the world”
Hannah Bond, Co-CEO at ActionAid UK said "Trump’s election poses an existential and dangerous threat to women and girls rights across the world and to global peace and security. Millions in America will be waking up to a future where their reproductive rights and freedoms are fundamentally at risk, particularly the most marginalised people.
For women and girls facing crises across the world – whether in Gaza or in Ukraine – this is a devastating result that threatens global peace and security. With leaders gathering at COP next week, Trump’s plans to pull out of the Paris Agreement all but ends the hope of meaningful US climate action. With the UK committed to 'standing shoulder to shoulder' with the new US administration, it must hold the US to account in the fight for gender equality.”
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