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<p>The UK's Gender Equality Act 2014 (an amendment to 2002 International Development
Act, IDA), legally requires all overseas development funding to meaningfully consider
the impact of how it will contribute to reducing gender inequality. The UK Aid Strategy
prioritises the rights of women and girls under its fourth strategic goal of tacking
extreme poverty and helping the world's most vulnerable.</p><p>The FCO supports a
number of Official Development Assistance programmes targeted at promoting girls'
education, empowering women peacebuilders and supporting female survivors of sexual
violence in conflict. The programmes include lobbying efforts encouraging foreign
governments to prioritise girls' education reforms, financial support for women mediator
organisations, capacity building programmes for female judges and women peacebuilders
and consultations with survivors of sexual violence. Additional information on the
FCO's ODA programmes can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/official-development-assistance-fco-programme-spend</p>
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