Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the voices of women working in developing countries to tackle violence against women are heard in the global decision-making processes.

I am proud of the leadership role that my Department has taken, and continues to take, in tackling violence against women and girls. The voices of women and girls were at the heart of Girl Summit 2014 and the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, and we are making significant progress towards ending FGM, child early and forced marriage and sexual violence in conflict across the world. My Department regularly consults with women’s rights organisations and women in developing countries to tackle violence against women and girls, including through global decision-making processes such as the Sustainable Global Goals.