Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support women’s access to contraceptive services in South Africa.
Women's empowerment and gender equity are top priorities for the UK Government in South Africa, including through work on skills and youth employment, and tackling gender based violence. While the UK does not currently provide support to women's access to contraceptive services in South Africa, the UK has supported 9.5 million women and girls to use modern methods of contraception since 2018 through the Women's Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) programme, across 17 African countries.