# Women in top security roles decline under Trump

> A Democratic Senate report finds sharp drops in women ambassadors, diplomats and military leaders, and cuts to global women's programs.
- Title: Women in top security roles decline under Trump · Fastcompany
- Summary: A Democratic Senate report finds sharp drops in women ambassadors, diplomats and military leaders, and cuts to global women's programs. A Senate Democratic…
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- Source: Fastcompany — https://fastcompany.com/91633131/women-top-security-roles-keep-declining-under-trump-democrats-report
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## Democrats report women declining in security roles
A new report by Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee finds the number of women in top national security roles under Trump keeps falling.
## The October report's title and scope
The October thirty report is titled Trump's War on Women: The Systematic Dismantling of Decades of Progress at Home and Abroad During the Administration's Second Term.
## Women ambassadors and military leaders drop sharply
The report documents a drastic reduction in the number of women ambassadors and military leaders since Trump's second term began.
## Only 13% of diplomatic missions led by women
Only thirteen percent of U.S. diplomatic missions are now led by women, down from nearly half before the president returned to office.
## Global women's programs dismantled
International programs supporting women, including the United Nations Population Fund and Office of Global Women's Issues, have been dismantled under Trump.
## Massive cuts to women's health funding
Foreign aid cuts have cancelled eighty eight percent of maternal and child health funding, ninety four percent of sexual and reproductive health funding, and nearly eighty percent of gender based violence prevention funding.
## Global gag rule expanded
The expansion of the global gag rule prohibits recipients of certain U.S. global health funds from using those funds for abortion counseling or referrals.
## Restrictions on gender affirming care and DEI
The administration restricts the promotion of gender affirming care and restricts certain diversity, equity and inclusion and racial justice programs.
## Shaheen: women's status tied to global stability
Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, who commissioned the research, said the United States has long recognized that the status of women and girls is closely tied to global stability and security.

> For decades, the United States has recognized that the status of women and girls is closely tied to global stability and security.
## Shaheen: dismantling diplomatic infrastructure
Shaheen said Trump has worked to dismantle the diplomatic and foreign assistance infrastructure built to carry out laws supporting women and girls.
## Only 4 women in Cabinet positions
A June report from the Center for American Women in Politics found women hold only four out of twenty three Cabinet or Cabinet level positions, just seventeen point four percent.
## Women military and State Department nominees lag
Only eight out of two hundred one candidates for senior military roles this year were women, and just thirty five out of two hundred six State Department nominees were women.
## Shaheen: supporting women advances American interests
Shaheen said supporting women and girls is not separate from advancing American interests, but how the U.S. prevents conflict and strengthens partners.

> Supporting women and girls is not separate from advancing American interests, it is how we prevent conflict, strengthen our partners, and compete.
## Key takeaway

A Senate Democratic report documents steep declines in women holding top national security and diplomatic roles under Trump's second term, alongside cuts to global women's health and rights programs.