Telegraph article on UK aid to Syria
Today (24 June 2019), The Telegraph has published an article online about UK aid and Syria, which includes some factually incorrect statements. The authors claim that UK aid has not...
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UK aid to Bangladesh: Mail on Sunday story
Today (6 January) the Mail on Sunday published a story alleging UK aid helped to fund a 'rigged' poll in Bangladesh. This headline is factually inaccurate. No UK aid was...
Mail on Sunday on aid to Mozambique
Today’s Mail on Sunday reports rumours that the President of Mozambique has acquired a private aeroplane. The Mail has also stated that the country receives aid from the UK, and...
Sexual exploitation by Oxfam staff in Haiti
...The Today Programme, The Telegraph, Sky News, BBC, The Guardian, Newsnight and Press Association all note that the Government is reviewing its current work with Oxfam following these allegations and...
Independent on Sunday on tackling sexual harassment and abuse at UNAIDS
The Independent on Sunday has today reported on comments made by the chairman of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) to campaigner Paula Donovan, who runs the Code Blue Campaign....
Alok Sharma looks forward to 'milestone' summit
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...
How UK aid is making it easier for suppliers to bid for contracts
...for businesses to work with us. This includes ending agreements that stopped them bidding as part of more than one consortium. We also have requirements in our Code of Conduct,...
How UK aid is helping girls around the world
...teenage girls learning to code. One of them told him: “Education is a weapon that can change the world.” “She’s right”, he said, but added that “millions of girls around...
UK aid is vital, but our ultimate goal is to help countries support themselves
...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 on Oxfam and UK action to tackle sexual exploitation in the aid sector
There is continued media coverage today (Monday 12 February) of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by Oxfam staff in Haiti in 2011 and other charity workers. In a statement...