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 Telegraph has published an article today (Wednesday 28 August 2019) following an interview with the International Development Secretary Alok Sharma on his first visit to Ethiopia. The article reports...
...while at the same time championing their rights. In the piece, Mr Sharma recalled his recent visit to a UK aid-funded project in Ethiopia where he met a group of...
...my trip to Ethiopia, I met inspiring girls learning how to code during a summer camp, backed by UK aid. Mekdes, who is 16, told me “education is a weapon...
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...
...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...
...of the DAC is Susanna Moorhead, who is from the UK and has previously worked for DFID. She was most recently the British Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti. On the...
...are barriers to investment in infrastructure in developing countries, which continue to hold them back. During a visit to Ethiopia last month, I announced a new International Development Infrastructure Commission...
...an emergency UN appeal to help vulnerable communities in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti and Tanzania prepare for the arrival of locusts. Helped the FAO to protect...
...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...