Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 33
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Rejected
Protect FGM programmes from further funding reductions and publish future spending plans.
Recommendation
We call on the Government to protect FGM programmes from further reductions in funding. The Government should inform the Committee of its funding plans for programmes working on reducing FGM over the next spending period, including a comparison with previous periods. It should 46 also provide the Committee with any wider Equality Impact Assessment on the reduction of ODA spending from 0.5 to 0.3% of GNI as a whole. (Recommendation, Paragraph 96) 47
Government Response Summary
The government explicitly rejects the call to protect FGM programmes from further funding reductions, stating that the flagship FGM programme concludes in October 2026 with no plans for future funding. It notes FGM is addressed through wider GBV programming and that an EIA was published.
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
Official Development Assistance (ODA) Funding The FCDO’s flagship programme on ending FGM The Girl Generation-Africa-Led Movement to End FGM concludes in October 2026, and there are currently no plans for future funding. In addition to this flagship programme, FGM is also addressed through our wider Gender-Based Violence (GBV) programming. For example, we provide funding to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women (UNTF), which supports initiatives tackling FGM among other forms of violence. We published the Equality Impact Assessment on our 2025/26 ODA allocations, and these assessments remain an essential part of how we make decisions on ODA allocations.