Today the International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt announced a new package of support for the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), warning that 2018 could be the bleakest year...
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....
...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...
...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...
...“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)...
...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....
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...
The UK recently announced new support to the Rohingya crisis – which forced more than 700,000 people to flee their homes in the face of violence in Myanmar. In August...
...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...
...of vital investment in Nigeria’s future. I will take this forward as part of the UK-Africa Investment Summit in January. The British public cares about ethical investment. New UK aid...