The phrase "about the difficulties facing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing challenges or obstacles that a person, group, or situation is encountering.
Example: "The report focuses on the difficulties facing small businesses in the current economic climate."
Alternatives: "regarding the challenges confronting" or "concerning the obstacles encountered".
This week in the magazine, George Packer writes about postwar Iraq, and about the difficulties facing American forces there.
Both men were scheduled to take part in discussions in London on Wednesday about the difficulties facing civil society lawyers in China.
But, according to a new book about the difficulties facing C.I.A. employees who seek legal action against the agency, the two were soon pushed into menial jobs.
By George Packer This week in the magazine, George Packer writes about postwar Iraq, and about the difficulties facing American forces there.
Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Tuesday with an article about the difficulties facing brick-and-mortar electronics stores misstated the name of the town in Illinois where the Abt Electronics store was shown.
Last year, in his excellent book "Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomonn wrote about the difficulties facing families where one child has a "horizontal identity" — an identity somehow foreign to that of his parents.
"What he says [about the difficulties facing mental health services in the area] is 'this is totally unacceptable' and he says it as if he is not the minister of state in charge of mental health.
Mr. Clementi's suicide set off a national debate about bullying and the difficulties facing gay teenagers.
Tells about the difficulties faced by minorities in China.
She may have lied about her age, but she is right about the difficulties faced by female actors.
Rock has been outspoken in the past about the difficulties faced by black actors and film-makers in Hollywood.
