Is the new International Development Strategy good news for gender equality?

May 2022

Response: After much anticipation, the UK government has released its International Development Strategy (IDS), which sets out its strategic priorities and its new approach to international development. The Strategy has four main priorities: 

  • Deliver honest and reliable investment 

  • Provide women and girls with the freedom they need to succeed 

  • Provide life-saving humanitarian assistance 

  • Take forward [the UK’s] work on climate change, nature, and global health.

GADN’s response examines what the IDS means for the UK’s international work on gender equality and highlights how the Strategy’s focus on British investment partnerships may undermine this priority.

This response has been written by Jessica Woodroffe as part of a series of blogs from experts responding to the International Development Strategy commissioned by BOND. The original blogpost can be found here.


Responses & statementsGADN CoordinatorUK Aid