The UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative

A flagship government programme to tackle sexual violence in conflict zones risked letting survivors down due to a lack of senior leadership, poor strategy, and cuts in funding.

Score: Amber/Red
  1. Status: Completed
  2. Published: 9 January 2020
  3. Type: Full review
  4. Subject: Cross-government aid spend, Fragile states, Humanitarian assistance, Women and girls
  5. Assessment: Amber/Red
  6. Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burma, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia
  7. Lead commissioner: Tamsyn Barton
  8. SDGs covered:Gender equality

Government response

The government publishes a response to all ICAI reviews. The government response is available to read online.

Read the government response

 

Timeline

Approach

Published 12 June 2019

Evidence gathering

Complete

Review publication

Published 9 January 2020

Government response

Published 20 February 2020

Parliamentary scrutiny

IDC hearing 3 November 2020

ICAI follow-up

Published 23 June 2021

Further follow-up

Published 30 June 2022