Let’s empower girls across the world - Alok Sharma writes in The Voice
...also 16, is creating the technology for an app to fight drought in rural areas. Her app helps farmers measure water content in the soil, sending her a text message...
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DFID use of statistics
...and then published in line with guidance from OSR’s Code of Practice for Statistics. The nature of DFID’s work, especially in conflict states such as Syria, can make obtaining accurate...
Penny Mordaunt sets out vision for UK aid post Brexit
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...products that will invest in the Global Goals? Or open an app on their phone, and select which Goals they’d most like to invest in?” The Secretary of State also...
We cannot achieve great change if women are held back
This article by International Development Secretary Alok Sharma first appeared in the Times Red Box on 17 January 2020: We cannot achieve great change – either socially or economically –...
Suspended Foreign Office aid programme in Syria
...unscrupulous practices. Specific reforms include: A robust Code of Conduct to ensure the highest standards of ethical and professional behaviour by DFID suppliers, with legally enforceable sanctions. Tougher scrutiny of...
Sexual exploitation by Oxfam staff in Haiti
...that the way this appalling abuse of vulnerable people was dealt with raises serious questions that Oxfam must answer. The behaviour of these individuals in Haiti was shocking and utterly...
Independent on Sunday on tackling sexual harassment and abuse at UNAIDS
The Independent on Sunday has today reported on comments made by the chairman of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) to campaigner Paula Donovan, who runs the Code Blue Campaign....
How UK aid is making it easier for suppliers to bid for contracts
An opinion piece in The Daily Telegraph over the weekend, which suggested the UK government was making it difficult for companies to apply for public sector contracts, does not give...
How UK aid is helping girls around the world
...teenage girls learning to code. One of them told him: “Education is a weapon that can change the world.” “She’s right”, he said, but added that “millions of girls around...
UK aid is vital, but our ultimate goal is to help countries support themselves
This article by International Development Secretary Alok Sharma appeared in Prospect Magazine on 5 November 2019. The world is rapidly changing—and with it, we face new global challenges. 131 million...