UK aid stands strong on women’s rights
...and rights” at an event on universal health coverage at the UN in New York. The new package will give more than 20 million women access to family planning services...
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UK-Saudi Arabia development partnership
An editorial published by the Guardian yesterday (Monday 12 March) and a news story last week focussed on a partnership between Saudi Arabia and DFID to work in developing countries....
Minister announces additional emergency aid to humanitarian crisis in DRC
The Telegraph, The Express and a number of regional media today report on the news that Minister Stewart has announced a new package of aid to meet emergency humanitarian needs...
UK raises its annual contribution to Global Partnership for Education by 50%
...three years - over half of whom will be in fragile or conflict affected states; train 170,000 teachers; build 2400 new classrooms; and distribute more than 20 million new textbooks....
Penny Mordaunt on working closely with the Ministry of Defence and doing our bit for Commonwealth Veterans
...“defence, diplomacy and development are inter-reliant on each other”. She highlighted a “new approach” that involves much more explicit co-designed and co-funded projects between the Department for International Development (DFID)...
International Development Secretary on Oxfam and UK action to tackle sexual exploitation in the aid sector
...this work. This builds on the changes we have made to introduce tough sanctions for human rights abuses including sexual exploitation for all new contracts with suppliers and new training...
International Development Secretary’s statement to Parliament on Oxfam and safeguarding in the aid sector
...hold the UN to account for this. Further actions we have taken in the last week include the creation of a new Safeguarding Unit. We have also promoted our whistleblowing...
TaxPayers’ Alliance report on future of foreign aid spending
...to peacekeeping missions from 7% to 15%. In October last year, the DAC agreed to a new “reverse graduation” mechanism which means that countries previously too wealthy to qualify for...
UK response to Hurricane Maria: 20 September 2017
...fortnight. Families have lost their homes, lives have been ripped apart, and the victims of Hurricane Irma are now facing the new threat of Hurricane Maria. But they should know,...
Media coverage of Penny Mordaunt’s five pledges for UK aid
...well – it cannot be better spent. Penny Mordaunt’s five pledges, outlined in an op-ed in the Telegraph yesterday, will see DFID: create a bold new Brexit-ready proposition to boost...