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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Dec. 19 2023

Source Page: Global Refugee Forum 2023: UK Statement on gender equality and gender-based violence.
Document: Global Refugee Forum 2023: UK Statement on gender equality and gender-based violence. (webpage)

Found: Global Refugee Forum 2023: UK Statement on gender equality and gender-based violence.

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Early Day Motion

EmilyTest Gender-Based Violence Charter Award to St Andrews (5 Signatures)

4 Dec 2023
Tabled by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
That the House commends the University of St Andrews on becoming the first university in the UK to be granted the EmilyTest Gender-Based Violence Charter Award; understands that the University was presented with the award on 22 November by the charity’s founder and CEO Fiona Drouet MBE and Scottish Minister …

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Written Question

Gender Based Violence

Wednesday 15th May 2024

Asked by: Theresa Villiers (Conservative - Chipping Barnet)

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on tackling gender-based violence in other countries.

Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade

The department works closely with the Foreign Secretary on many issues, including tackling violence against women and girls in other countries.

The UK is a global leader on action to address conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and has committed £60m since the launch of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative(PSVI) in 2012.

We have also put forward the first ever UK nomination to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Professor Shazia Choudhry, whose academic work
focuses on violence against women and girls.

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Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative

Nov. 28 2023

Source Page: UK invests in global grassroot efforts to tackle gender-based violence
Document: UK invests in global grassroot efforts to tackle gender-based violence (webpage)

Found: UK invests in global grassroot efforts to tackle gender-based violence

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Written Question

Darfur: Gender Based Violence

Monday 15th April 2024

Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to assist women and girls subjected to sexual violence in Darfur in Sudan.

Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023, there has been a significant escalation of gender-based violence (GBV) in Sudan. The UK has pivoted our programme delivery to focus on GBV prevention, and protection and care for rape survivors. We have also integrated consideration of conflict-related sexual violence into the humanitarian system, making use of Women's Centres, mobile clinics and internally displaced persons' gathering points, for community engagement and service provision. In 2023, UK support provided for the delivery of 83,399 consultations offering sexual and reproductive health services, and delivered mental health and psychological support to over 104,225 people.

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Nov. 28 2023

Source Page: UK invests in global grassroot efforts to tackle gender-based violence
Document: UK invests in global grassroot efforts to tackle gender-based violence (webpage)

Found: UK invests in global grassroot efforts to tackle gender-based violence

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Written Question

Gender Based Violence: Victims

Thursday 28th March 2024

Asked by: Ellie Reeves (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Tackling violence against women and girls strategy, published on 21 July 2021, what progress his Department has made on ensuring support is provided to survivors of gender-based violence.

Answered by Laura Farris - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)

We have completed or closed over half of all cross-government commitments in the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy (2021) and Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan (2022).

This includes:

• Allocating £6.6 million to deliver interventions that improve our understanding of ‘what works’ to prevent violence against women and girls.
• Ensuring consistency in support services through introducing national commissioning standards through the Victims Funding Strategy.
• Launching the VAWG Support and Specialist Services Fund with £8.3m of funding support victims facing the greatest barriers.
• Supporting the passage of the Worker Protection (Amendment of the Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 which places a new duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of employees.
• Invested over £150m of funding through Safer Streets and Safety of Women at Night fund on a range of projects focused on improving public safety, including for women and girls.
• Doubled funding for the National Domestic Abuse helpline and other helplines such as the Revenge Porn Helpline and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s National stalking helpline.
• Relaunched the Flexible Fund in January 2024 with a further £2m investment to help remove barriers to domestic abuse victims leaving their abusers, after its successful £300,000 pilot in 2023.

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