An article by International Development Minister Baroness Sugg appeared in The Times yesterday on the importance of prioritising women’s rights to achieve the Global Goal of zero poverty by 2030. On Thursday 9 January, Baroness Sugg wrote: Prioritise women’s rights …
The International Development Secretary Alok Sharma has announced a new UK aid programme, What Works to Prevent Violence: Impact at Scale, to help stop violence against one million of the world’s poorest women and girls.
e must empower young girls and provide them with the same opportunities as boys, writes International Development Secretary Alok Sharma, in The Voice.
International Development Minister Baroness Sugg last week announced a new UK aid package to prevent women dying from unsafe abortion around the world. On Thursday 18th July, she wrote in The Telegraph: Anne* was 14 years old when she was …
DFID has announced £50 million of new funding to end female genital mutilation (FGM), the largest investment ever made to end FGM worldwide.
Today, Tuesday 30 October, there has been newspaper coverage of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s (ICAI) report on DFID’s maternal health programmes. This is DFID's response.
...South Sudan’s education system, as violence and instability continue and humanitarian conditions worsen. Minister Baldwin announced the continuation of the programme over the next six years, which will help 300,000...
...to grassroots organisations that work on issues that were close to her heart. There was support for the announcement across Parliament and Labour MP Alison McGovern wrote a piece for...