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Guidance and regulation

• Forced marriage

  Detailed guide

  10 May 2018

  Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Home Office

• Call for proposals: British Embassy Podgorica Fund 2018-19

  Detailed guide

  3 October 2018

  Foreign & Commonwealth Office

• Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Guidance

  Guidance

  26 January 2017

  Foreign & Commonwealth Office

• UK national action plan on women, peace and security 2018 to 2022
  • Guidance
  • 16 January 2018
  • Department for International Development, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence, and Stabilisation Unit
• What is a forced marriage?
  • Guidance
  • 31 January 2013
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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News and communications

18 October 2018 — Speech

Urging Substantive Peace Talks to Lead to a Two-State Solution

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

1. International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt gives key-note speech at the Safeguarding Summit 2018
   • 18 October 2018
   • Department for International Development
   • Speech
2. Calling on the Syrian Authorities to Engage with the UN and the Broader Political Process
   • 17 October 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Speech
3. Preventing Conflict over Natural Resources
   • 17 October 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Speech
4. G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi
   • 17 October 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

• External evaluation of the National Action Plan on women, peace and security
  • 21 July 2017
  • Department for International Development, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Ministry of Defence
  • Independent report
• Legislative and procedural tools addressing violence against women in India
  • 12 February 2016
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Independent report
• The UN – does the rhetoric matter?
  • 9 October 2014
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Research
• A new approach in a networked world
  • 2 May 2012
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Research
• FCO People Survey
  • 1 October 2011
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment in the Aid Sector: victim and survivor voices listening exercise
  • 18 October 2018
  • Department for International Development
  • Policy paper
• A Call to Action to end forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking
  • 29 August 2018
  • Department for International Development and Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
  • Policy paper
• Global Disability Summit - Charter for Change
  • 24 July 2018
  • Department for International Development
  • Policy paper
• The UK and Australia: a dynamic partnership for the 21st century
  • 20 July 2018
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence
  • Policy paper
• Global Disability Summit - Dignity and Respect for All: creating new norms, tackling stigma and ensuring non-discrimination
  • 16 July 2018
  • Department for International Development
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Human Rights and Democracy Report 2017
  • 5 October 2018
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Corporate report
• Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - Human Rights Priority Country Report 2016
  • 21 July 2017
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Corporate report
• Human Rights and Democracy Report 2016
  • 20 July 2017
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Corporate report
• Afghanistan – Human Rights Priority Country 2015 to 2016
  • 8 February 2017
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Corporate report
• Bahrain – Human Rights Priority Country 2015 to 2016
  • 8 February 2017
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2. Department for International Development
3. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
4. Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
5. Ministry of Defence

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1. Home Office
2. Cabinet Office
3. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
4. Ministry of Justice
5. Stabilisation Unit
6. Department for International Trade
7. Government Equalities Office
8. HM Treasury