The Minister has spoken in favour of gender mainstreaming (having gender support running as a thread through all areas), and this is also vital, but it cannot replace funding focused specifically on meeting the needs of women and girls.
Because in every crisis, women and girls suffer first and worst:
80% of those displaced by climate change are women and girls (1)
60% of the world’s severely hungry are women and girls (2)
In conflict, women are twice as likely to experience sexual or physical violence (3)
Cutting support for women and girls can open dangerous gaps in services and capacity for shelters, clinics, and schools. It risks long-term harm and undoing hard-won progress.
We know that when women thrive, whole communities and economies prosper, and societies become more peaceful. Therefore, protecting funding for women and girls is a moral and economic necessity.
On 11 June, the UK Parliament will set the UK’s aid budget for the next three years. Let’s let our elected representatives know how much funding for women and girls matters to us.
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