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Development Aid: Women

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 13 March 2025UIN 34267

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will spend 80 percent of Official Development Assistance on women and girls.

Answered by Stephen Doughty

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is committed to putting women and girls at the heart of everything we do. We continue to work towards our target of at least 80 percent of the FCDO's bilateral aid programmes having a focus on gender equality by 2030. This commitment is measured by the proportion of programmes, rather than by spend, since this reflects our ambition for gender to be mainstreamed across all FCDO programmes.

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