Overseas Development Assistance: Gender-based Violence

Debate between Baroness Helic and Lord Fowler

Tuesday 28th April 2020 Lords Chamber

[The Lord Speaker]

Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho? Baroness Helic.

[Baroness Helic (Con)]

My Lords, fighting sexual and gender-based violence remains the most chronically underfunded sector in the humanitarian appeals of the United Nations. What consideration has been given to allocating a specific minimum percentage of the DfID budget to fighting sexual and gender-based violence not only during emergencies but as part of the regular allocation of funds?