International Development Secretary Alok Sharma meets girls learning how to code during a recent trip to Ethiopia. Picture: DFID/Anna Dubuis We must empower young girls and provide them with the...
...into the sex industry in the Philippines. Sherryl Loseno, from the charity Voice of the Free, said: “Children are exploited online and ‘perform’ to customers who pay money. Many of...
...£2.5 million this year. This is also incorrect – DFID has not provided any new support in 2017 to help ensure free, fair and peaceful elections in Kenya. As our...
...The Foreign Office has suspended this programme while they investigate the allegations that some money meant for the Civilian Police Force – Free Syrian Police – could have ended up...
...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...
...the UK, Japan and France. Countries which reached the UN overseas aid target of 0.7% include the UK, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Luxembourg. 2017 was an unprecedented year for catastrophic...
...Denmark; Ville Skinnari, from Finland; Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, from Iceland; and Dag Inge Ulstein, from Norway. This is the text in full: To protect our own populations and economies from...
...the Fijian Broadcasting Corporation’s website, Australian outlets ABC and The Sydney Morning Herald, Malaysian websites MalaysiaKini, Free Malaysia Today and The Sun Daily, UAE news provider The National, Singapore newspaper...
...one of just three countries in the world, alongside Afghanistan and Nigeria, which are yet to declare themselves officially free of wild polio. He said: “Never in my wildest dreams...
...2018, and have since made it clear that DFID-funded programmes are free to use this border crossing to deliver vital aid to Idlib. We have also encouraged our partners to...