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<p>Under the UK G7 Presidency, the Prime Minister has reconvened the Gender Equality
Advisory Council (GEAC). I am delighted to act as Ministerial Lead working with the
independent Council and building on the foundations laid by the Canadian and French
G7 presidencies, and to champion the core principles of freedom, opportunity, individual
humanity and dignity for women around the world.</p><p>The Government remains deeply
committed to tackling global poverty and helping to achieve the UN Sustainable Development
Goals. Despite the economic challenges we face, the UK will remain a major donor spending
0.5 per cent of GNI on Overseas Development Aid (ODA).</p><p>The Foreign Secretary’s
Strategic Framework for UK ODA announced in the House on 26 November 2020 will see
us focus on global challenges where the UK can make the most impact: on climate change
and biodiversity; girls’ education; COVID and global health security; on open societies,
conflict resolution, humanitarian crises and trade and economic development.</p><p>FCDO
supports a range of programmes that promote the importance of data to inform policy-making
and programme delivery focused on the needs of the most vulnerable. Having joined
the Inclusive Data Charter last year, we will produce an Action Plan on improving
the quality, quantity, financing, and availability of inclusive and disaggregated
data, as well as the capacity and capability to produce and use it.</p><p>The Prime
Minister has made absolutely clear our continued commitment to stand up for the right
of every girl to 12 years of quality education. ODA spending is only one of our tools
in achieving our ambitions; this year we will be co-hosting the Global Partnership
for Education Replenishment with Kenya and using our G7 Presidency to rally the international
community to step up support to girls’ education.</p>
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