Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy 2021, whether Women, Peace and Security is a Government focus for Africa only and not other regions.

The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and promoting global gender equality internationally is a key priority for the Government. The UK's fourth National Action Plan (NAP) on WPS 2018-22 outlines HMG's WPS strategy and is jointly owned by FCDO and MOD. We deliver the NAP globally, but with a particular emphasis on nine focus countries: Afghanistan, DRC, Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Syria. Yemen was identified as an additional priority country in 2019, due to ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis. The UK Government will continue to promote WPS across the world, in Africa and beyond, following the Integrated Review.