"The Trump administration plans to export its war on woke by forcing foreign governments, non-governmental organisations and international bodies to abandon working on diversity, equity and inclusion or face being stripped of US funding. The plans have been called an attack on other nations' sovereignty and one health organisation warned of unimaginable effects including a rise in deaths and violence, as safe clinics for vulnerable groups close."
"Under the Mexico City policy, also known as the global gag rule, foreign health organisations that provide information, referrals or services for abortion are already denied US funds, but the policy will now be extended to those deemed to promote what is loosely termed gender ideology or any initiatives to promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Governments and major multilateral organisations such as UN agencies are likely to fall under the policy for the first time"
The Trump administration plans to require foreign governments, NGOs and international bodies to abandon diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work or lose US funding. The policy expands the Mexico City policy, which already denies US funds to foreign health organisations that provide abortion-related information or services, to include promotion of gender ideology and DEI initiatives. Governments and UN agencies may be forced to choose between anti-discrimination programmes and US funding. A stringent 2017 version denied all health assistance to organisations that refused to sign, affecting as much as $9bn and risking closures of clinics and reductions in health services.
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