Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

(asked on 7th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department will have staff dedicated to gender equality and sexual and reproductive health.


Answered by
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 21st September 2020

Advancing gender equality and women's rights are a core part of the UK Government's mission, and Global Britain's role as a force for good in the world. As part of this, we are committed to defending comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights and we will continue to be a progressive voice on this issue.

The merger fuses the best of our development expertise and world-leading diplomacy together, in a new department. All of the things that have made the UK a world leader in development will not change i.e. our thought leadership; the scale and quality of UK development programmes; and excellence of our analysis, long term perspective and staff.

Organisational plans for the new department are currently being shaped but I can confirm that gender has been specifically identified as an area of focus within the new leadership structure. The full details of the merger, including the structure of the new department, will be set out in due course.

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