Developing Countries: Females

(asked on 2nd March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

What assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed reduction in the Official Development Assistance budget on (a) universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights and (b) women and girls in the global south.


Answered by
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 2nd March 2021

The UK is proud to defend universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights; these are fundamental to the empowerment of women and girls. Between 2019 and 2020 alone, UK aid helped over 25 million women and girls use modern methods of contraception.

Advancing gender equality and women’s rights are a core part of the UK Government’s work on development, including enabling girls to fulfil 12 years of quality education.

We are working through the implications of the ODA reductions for individual programmes and activities. No decisions on individual country or sectoral budgets have been made yet.

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