<p>Advancing gender equality and women's and girls' rights are a core part of this Government's mission and we remain steadfast in our commitment to this agenda.</p><p>The UK's Gender Equality Act 2014 (an amendment to the 2002 International Development Act, IDA), legally requires all overseas development funding to meaningfully consider the impact of how it will contribute to reducing gender inequality.</p><p>All ODA spend reported to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is screened against the gender equality policy marker and marked as 'principal' or 'significant' or 'not targeting'. This is a measurement of the proportion of aid that supports gender equality and women's empowerment.</p><p>The latest figures available (2019) show that of the former Department for International Development (DFID) and the former Foreign & Commonwealth Office's (FCO) total bilateral spend, <strong>67%</strong> was marked as having gender equality as a principal or significant objective. This equates to <strong>£5.2 billion</strong>. These figures also show that <strong>33%</strong> of the former DFID and former FCO's total bilateral spend was marked as not targeting gender equality.</p>