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Policy Paper Published 28 Nov 2022 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative ↗ View on GOV.UK

Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative strategy

This strategy sets out the UK government’s approach to preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence.

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Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) leaves profound and lasting scars on survivors, their children and their communities. We need a stronger international response for all those affected.

The PSVI strategy outlines the UK government’s ambition to use our diplomacy, development and defence influence to address these appalling crimes.

This strategy has 4 key objectives:

  1. strengthening the global response to CRSV
  2. preventing CRSV, including by addressing root causes such as harmful gender norms
  3. improving justice for all survivors and holding perpetrators to account
  4. enhancing support for survivors and children born of sexual violence in conflict, including tackling the stigma they face within their communities

New funding of up to £12.5 million over the next 3 years will help to achieve these objectives. Wider investments across FCDO will complement this funding, to address conflict-related sexual violence. A peer-reviewed theory of change underpins the strategy.