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Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan - Annual Report to Parliament 2021

I wish to inform the House that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, together with the Ministry of Defence, are today publishing the 2021 annual report on progress against the UK's fourth National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.

Published on 18 January 2018, the National Action Plan sets out the Government’s objectives on the Women, Peace and Security agenda for the period 2018-2022. This is the UK Government strategy for how we will meet our Women, Peace and Security commitments, under UN Security Council Resolution 1325, to reduce the impact of conflict on women and girls and to promote their inclusion in conflict resolution and in building peace and security.

The report published today outlines our progress against the National Action Plan over the last 12 months, including our work in the nine focus countries of Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Syria, and Yemen as a priority country. It is centered around seven strategic outcomes where we expect to see progress over the five-year duration of the NAP.

The progress report will be published on gov.uk. Copies will be placed in the libraries of both Houses.