Written questions

Syria: Sexual Offences

Lords · Question HL4183 · Tabled 17 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 23 December 2023 (HL3321), what assistance was provided by the Global Survivors Fund to the 800 Syrian survivors of sexual violence and over what timeframe.

Answer

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury, 28 Jan 2025

The impacts of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) on survivors, their families and communities are varied and long-lasting. The UK is committed to tackling CRSV globally and, since 2019, has committed up to £7.85 million to the Global Survivors Fund ...