Asked by: Eleanor Smith (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to respond to the particular needs of people affected by gender-based violence during the Rohingya crisis.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The UK is one of the largest donors to the Rohingya crisis, and is providing support for survivors and addressing the risk of gender-based violence (GBV). DFID is supporting the establishment of child friendly spaces and women and adolescent friendly spaces to provide protective services, and psychosocial and psychological support. Through UK funding to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), UK support will reach over 10,000 women suffering from trauma, and over 2,000 survivors of sexual violence. This is part of a wider multi-agency effort. The UK is now planning to scale-up our GBV response.