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Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Monday, 13 November 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 November 2017. It was answered by Rory Stewart (Conservative) on Monday, 20 November 2017 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


South Sudan: Violence

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department plans to spend on prevention of gender based violence in South Sudan in 2017-18; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of spending on that matter in that country in the last three years.

Answer

The UK is funding a four year £13 million programme (2016-2020) which includes a significant element for addressing sexual and gender based violence, focusing both on response for survivors and longer term prevention and community engagement work. The programme will spend £5.6million in 2017 including on gender based violence.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
112672
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Women Violence South Sudan
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk