Funding cuts and reproductive healthcare

The Effects of ODA Cuts on Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: November 2025 Update

The dismantling of USAID, the world’s previously largest funder of health and family planning, alongside other cuts to foreign aid throughout 2025 continue to cause chaos and confusion across health systems, forcing many programs to close, and leaving gaps in services, with a devastating impact on access.

In this briefing, we share what we’re seeing in our 36 country programs, and how it’s affecting women and girls.

86% of MSI country programs have reported significant to very significant impact on their national health system and SRHR access.

IMPACT STORIES

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How “Godmothers” Are Protecting Vulnerable Girls in Niger
Bodily autonomy

How “Godmothers” Are Protecting Vulnerable Girls in Niger

In Niger, thousands of adolescent girls leave their rural villages ... Read More

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Humanitarian crises

Through War, Ebola, and Uncertainty, Women Kept Showing Up 

When Anna Macauley thinks back on her first client, she remembers ... Read More

A woman with choice is a woman with hope.
Climate crisis

A woman with choice is a woman with hope.

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