What are the long-term, intended and unintended consequences of the USAID funding freeze? How the suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, the reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule, and other executive orders from the new Trump Administration related to the US-Mexico border and the End of the Sensitive Zones Policy will impact the rights, safety, and lives of refugee women and girls in the U.S. and worldwide?

In this interview with Devon Cone, Senior Advocate for Women and Girls at Refugees International, we explored the factors behind the growing disinterest in the protection of migrants' human rights and we examined how these measures will disproportionately affect women and girls fleeing violent conflict in Afghanistan, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, and countries in the Northern Triangle of Central America.

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Recommended links to this episode:

• Refugees International Official Website
• What Do President Trump’s Week One Actions Mean for Refugees International’s Global Advocacy?
• No Model of Refuge: Sudanese Refugees in Egypt
• The Nuba Mountains: A Window into the Sudan Crisis
• Gaza Dispatches: Hunger and Siege
• “They Left Us Without Any Support”: Afghans in Pakistan Waiting for Solutions

• In Apparent Quid Pro Quo Deal, Panama and Costa Rica Facilitating U.S.-Sponsored Human Rights Violations of Asylum Seekers 
• Tell Your Member of Congress: Save USAID, Save Lives