Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many projects benefitting woman and girls are funded by the UK in (1) Iran and (2) Afghanistan; and in each case what assistance they provide.
In Afghanistan, the UK Government has repeatedly condemned the Taliban's decisions to restrict the rights of women and girls. Since April 2021, the Government has disbursed £532 million to Afghanistan, and committed that at least 50 per cent of those we reach with our aid are women and girls.
In Iran, the UK Government supports women and girls standing up for fundamental rights, holding the Iranian regime to account. We raise human rights directly with the Iranian authorities. We work with international partners and NGOs. We supported a UN Fact Finding Mission and Iran's removal from the UN Commission on the Status of Women.