Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the forthcoming Strategic Defence and Security Review will incorporate preventing sexual violence in conflict as a component of building security overseas.
The Government is committed to the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), and to driving forward the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative. This commitment will inform work on the relevant aspects of the 2015 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review.