GAPS Network Response to FCDO Equality Impact Assessment and Accounts
Statement from GAPS Network in response to the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office Equality Impact Assessment of ODA for 2025-2026
The GAPS Network has released a statement regarding the recently published and updated Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Annual Report & Accounts for 2024–25 and equality impact assessment of Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations for 2025 to 2026.
The GAPS Network welcomes the publication of the equality impact assessment and revisions statement, however, we note that further detailed calculations are still required for a full understanding of the implications of cuts on women and girls.
At this time of profound change for UK ODA, we urge the UK Government to ensure that funding for multilateral bodies is directed toward WROs and civil society organisations (CSOs) and toward principle gender programming and that the UK maintains its commitments to WPS and delivers on its WPS National Action Plan.