This morning, Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin spoke to BBC Radio Four Woman’s Hour about the situation facing women and girls in South Sudan and explained how UK aid is...
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...
...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...
...£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...
...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...
...such as Uganda, South Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda. Trusted partners on the ground will use this support for prevention work to help contain the outbreak and stop its spread. The...
There is continued coverage of the devastating flooding in South Asia. DFID’s work has been pivotal in supporting the governments of Bangladesh and Nepal to respond quickly and effectively to...
International Development Secretary Alok Sharma meets girls learning how to code during a trip to Ethiopia. Picture: DFID/Anna Dubuis International Development Secretary Alok Sharma wrote this piece about the upcoming...
...their reproductive rights we’ve got to get that choice right, get our approach right”. Senegal doubled the rate of contraceptive use among women in five years between 2012 and 2017,...