Source · Select Committees · Foreign Affairs Committee
Recommendation 67
67
Accepted
Explain government support for efforts to end violence against women and girls in Pacific Islands.
Recommendation
The Government should explain if, and, if so, how it is supporting the Pacific Partnership and other efforts to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the Pacific Islands. (Paragraph 256) 74 Tilting horizons: the Integrated Review and the Indo-Pacific
Government Response Summary
The government agreed to explain and confirmed its ongoing support for efforts to end violence against women and girls in the Pacific Islands, detailing existing contributions to UN Women and the UN Trust Fund.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
166. The Government agrees with the Committee. The UK contributed to the Pacific Partnership programme through core funding to UN Women, legacy contributions to the EU Development Fund (EDF) and renewed membership of the South Pacific Community. The Government will continue to support gender and equalities work in the Pacific, most of which will continue to be delivered through contributions to multilateral development organisations, including UN Women. Since 2014, the UK has contributed £25.5 million to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women supporting grassroots organisations around the world, including in the Pacific, to respond to gender-based violence. The UK Gender and Equalities Envoy visited the region in October 2023 and discussed with Pacific partners how the UK can work with them to reduce Gender Based Violence.