美联社记者Kristen Gelineau近期报道了特朗普政府解散美国国务院国际开发署(USAID)对尼泊尔援助工作者的严重冲击。[1]
全球范围内，约28万名援助工作者因USAID的裁撤而失业。[1]在尼泊尔，数十名失业的援助工作者被迫从事性工作以维持生计，其中大部分失业者属于LGBTQ+群体。[1]这些从事性工作的人员每位客户的收入通常仅为2至3美元。[1]
Gelineau花费数月时间赢得这些工作者的信任，并进行了多次采访，以记录他们的遭遇。[1]尽管全球有大量援助工作者因USAID解散而失业，但鲜有报道关注这些失业者本身面临的困境。[1]
特朗普政府宣称USAID造成资金浪费，因而决定解散该机构。[1]美国国务院随后声明，美国在卫生和人道主义援助上的支出超过其他任何国家。[1]
AP News correspondent Kristen Gelineau has reported on the dire consequences facing unemployed aid workers in Nepal following the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID. The shutdown has left approximately 280,000 aid workers jobless worldwide [1], with dozens in Nepal—predominantly members of the LGBTQ+ community—turning to sex work as a survival strategy [1].
The Trump administration dissolved USAID, with the president characterizing the agency as wasteful spending [1]. The impact on individual workers, however, has received minimal media attention despite the scale of the displacement [1]. In Nepal, those who lost their jobs through the agency's closure now earn as little as 2 to 3 dollars per client in sex work [1].
Gelineau spent months building trust with affected workers to conduct her reporting, conducting multiple interviews to capture their experiences [1]. The U.S. State Department has countered criticism by stating that the United States spends more on health and humanitarian assistance than any other nation [1].