Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help promote gender equality globally.

The UK remains committed to putting women and girls at the heart of its foreign and development policy. The International Development Strategy includes a UK priority to provide women and girls with the freedom they need to succeed. The FCDO will publish an International Women and Girls Strategy in 2023, setting out how we will use our diplomatic, trade, security and development levers to achieve gender equality.