PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Crimes of Violence: Overseas Aid (8 February 2019)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's budget has been (a) allocated to and (b) disbursed on gender based violence prevention in 2018-19.

Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)

Answer

The UK is a world leader in championing prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls through research, programmes and partnerships. Our £25million What Works to Prevent Violence programme is the largest global investment in research into prevention of violence against women and girls. The Department for International Development is committed to maintaining the UK’s global leadership in this area. Work to prevent violence against women and girls in DFID consists of standalone prevention programming, integrated violence prevention and response programmes, and a wide range of interventions incorporated into wider education, women’s economic empowerment and social protection programmes. This complexity means that we do not specifically track all this spend as gender-based violence prevention.


Answered by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)
13 February 2019

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