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British Embassy: The UK announces a new global strategy for women and girls

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The British Embassy in Amman said that the United Kingdom announced a new global strategy for women and girls on the occasion of International Women's Day.

The embassy indicated in a press statement today, Thursday, that the strategy aims to address the growing threats to gender equality, such as climate change, humanitarian crises, conflicts such as the war in Ukraine, and recent attempts to roll back what has been achieved in terms of women's rights, as is happening in some countries.

And it indicated that the strategy, for the first time, obliges the British Foreign and Development Office to focus more than 80 percent of its bilateral aid programs on gender equality by 2030.

According to the statement, the strategy also focuses on girls' education, empowering women and girls, defending their health and rights, and ending violence against them, which the UK believes are more severe. This strategy also obliges the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development to engage its network of high commissions and embassies around the world in implementing this strategy, this will include British heads of missions formulating plans and commitments for the host country, and raising the most pressing issues with host governments.

The UK will also develop an ambitious new research offering to help the UK government and its partners make investment decisions.

The embassy indicated that, in addition to the strategy, the British Foreign Secretary will announce a new program for women's sexual and reproductive health and rights, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, which is witnessing one of the highest rates of child marriage and maternal mortality due to childbirth in the world, noting that this program, which will serve About 10.4 million women, nearly £200 million will be allocated to it, and it is expected to save the lives of 30,600 mothers, prevent 3.4 million unsafe abortions, and prevent 9.5 million unintended pregnancies.

Separately, she said, the UK is also increasing its support for women's rights organizations and movements recognizing their crucial role in promoting gender equality and protecting rights, and raising the voices of women and girls at the grassroots level.

Most of this programs £38 million budget will be paid for through a new partnership with the Equality Fund.
 
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