Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government plans to consult civil society organisations about how to measure progress on Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality and women's empowerment.

It is critical that there is a shared understanding of progress on all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 5. This enables us, collectively, to take further action to have maximum development impact and reach those most at risk of being left behind. We support our UN partners to assess global progress on the SDGs accurately, by disaggregating all relevant DFID programme results and research findings by sex as well as by age, disability and location. Through our regular engagement with civil society organisations, including the Gender and Development Network of 62 non-governmental organisations, we collectively analyse progress, and identify common strategies for making progress towards achieving SDG 5.