Policy papers and consultations

Girls’ education is a top international development priority for the UK government.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 19 February 2024

• UK government support for girls’ education worldwide

  1. The challenge Two youth leaders, Tendai and Ayesha, interview Minister…

• Supporting girls’ education worldwide: results

  The UK is recognised as leading worldwide on girls’ education. Since 2015…

• Education changes lives

  The UK government supports education systems in lower-income countries to…

• Great teachers

  A teacher from the National Numeracy Programme teaches her students in…

• Education in emergencies

  A student at School Number 18 in Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, destroyed…

• Ending violence against children

  Violence is a daily reality for far too many children, with a third of…

• Leaving no girl behind

  The UK government aims for all children with disabilities to get the…

• Where we work on girls’ education

  Through our bilateral, multilateral and research spend, FCDO is supporting…

• About results estimates for children the FCDO supported to gain a decent education

  Since 2015, the UK has supported an estimated 19.8 million children to…

• Methodology note: number of children supported to gain a decent education since 2020

  Indicator description: Number of children supported by FCDO to gain a…

This paper sets out the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office vision for how education is viewed in relation to climate and environment change.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 8 December 2022

• Addressing the climate, environment, and biodiversity crises in and through girls’ education

  Girls in South Darfur, Sudan, learn outside in sweltering heat because…

This communique was issued after the first meeting of the re-launched UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue hosted by the government of Sudan on 19 and 20 October 2021.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 20 October 2021

• UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue in Khartoum, 19 to 20 October 2021: communique

  The first meeting of the re-launched UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue was…

FCDO Minister Vicky Ford gave a statement on behalf of the Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer at the World Bank’s Development Committee 2021 meeting.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
• Updated: 19 October 2021

This plan sets out actions needed to achieve new girls’ education targets by 2026: 40 million more girls in school, and 20 million more girls reading by age 10.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 12 May 2021

This document outlines the UK government's commitment to uphold universal human rights as we seek re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
• Updated: 3 March 2020

How the government is helping children in developing countries access good education to benefit them, their communities and the global economy.

• From: Closed organisation: Department for International Development
• Updated: 8 May 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

How the Department for International Development is improving education in the world's poorest countries.

• From: Closed organisation: Department for International Development
• Updated: 29 July 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government