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Written question asked by Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative) on Monday, 6 July 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 July 2015. It was answered by Baroness Verma (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 July 2015 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Women: Equality

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are following up the Girl Summit 2014 in order to counter early marriage and Female Genital Mutilation; and how they plan to ensure that there is continued global momentum on those issues.

Answer

We are delighted that the Girl Summit has accelerated international momentum on ending FGM and Child, Early and Forced Marriage. We have already seen follow-up events take place in Uganda, Bangladesh and Ethiopia and the African Union plan to host a Girl Summit later this year. Since the 2014 Girl Summit, the Department for International Development has focused on delivering the UK Government’s commitment to supporting an end to FGM and Child, Early and Forced Marriage globally, through its £35million programme on ending FGM and the recently launched £36million programme to accelerate action to end Child marriage.

Domestically, a number of measures have been taken to strengthen the law on FGM through the Serious Crime Act, £1.6million has been committed for the next stage of the Department of Health’s FGM prevention programme, and an FGM Unit has been established and commenced a programme of outreach.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL1098
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Women Female genital mutilation Marriage
Link
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