GADN response to Minister Chapman’s IDC statement on aid cuts and gender equality

May 2025

Response: On 13 May 2025, International Development Minister Baroness Chapman appeared in front of the International Development Parliamentary Select Committee to present and defend her approach to the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) cuts from 0.5% to 0.3% of Gross National Income (GNI) announced earlier this year. In this session, Chapman made the alarming suggestion that gender equality spending will be one of the areas most at risk of losing funding. This update from GADN responds to these remarks, laying out why gender equality programming is essential. With 11 June 2025 being a key decision point for the future of UK aid spend, GADN calls on the Foreign Secretary to protect gender equality spending.