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<p>DFID is at the heart of the UK’s international efforts to meet Sustainable Development
Goal (SDG) 8.7 by taking immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour,
end modern slavery and human trafficking, as well as on other relevant SDGs covering
human trafficking of women and girls and exploitation of children.</p><p>In DFID’s
Strategic Vision on Gender Equality, we set out our ambition to do more to prevent
and respond to violence against women and girls during emergencies, when the challenges
and needs are particularly acute. Ending this violence is essential in making the
world a fairer, more prosperous and safer place – something that is absolutely in
our national interest. That’s why we have increased our resources and expanded our
programmes to tackle violence against women and girls in more than 30 countries.</p><p>Since
2017 the Government has more than doubled UK aid spending to tackle modern slavery
and human trafficking – committing just over £200 million to date. This includes
work to prevent the trafficking of adolescent girls. Examples of our current work
to protect vulnerable children in protracted crises include:</p><p>- a £10 million
Children on the Move Programme (in partnership with UNICEF) over the period 2017-2020
to protect up to 400,000 children at risk of violence and slavery in the Horn of Africa;
and</p><p>- a £12 million UK Aid Connect Programme over the period 2018-2022 to address
child labour in fragile and conflict affected states in Africa (such as the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC)).</p>
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