Question follow-through · 51338
Iraq and Yazidis: Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to support the Free Yezidi Foundation to help tackle violence against women and girls within (a) Yezidi and (b) Iraqi society.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 May 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to support the Free Yezidi Foundation to help tackle violence against women and girls within (a) Yezidi and (b) Iraqi society.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The UK continues to take a survivor-centred approach to support individuals who have experienced or are at risk of conflict related sexual violence, modern slavery and human trafficking.Our development programming has bolstered the authorities' and civil ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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