Written questions

Development Aid: Women

2026-06-14 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · 9931 · Official question

Mr Lee Dillon

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase direct funding and support for local women- and girl-led organisations and movements.

Answer

The new UK International Strategic Framework on Women & Girls sets out a new commitment that, by 2030, at least 90 per cent of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office bilateral official development assistance programmes will have a focus on...