Recent abrupt funding cuts and the unpredictability of sustainable programming have had a direct and detrimental impact on people's lives. Despite mitigation efforts to try and maintain programming, the abrupt suspension of funding has left thousands of survivors and women and girls at risk of gender-based violence (GBV) without essential services across crisis-affected regions in West Africa.

The below findings in this report and recommendations are based on interviews with GBV responders from IRC and partners in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Nigeria - conducted between February and October 2025 - and an analysis of available program data including from Women and Girls’ Safe Spaces (WGSS), Community-Based Organizations (CBO), and Gender Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS) case management data.

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