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1148374

	registered interest
	date	04/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Women's Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to increase women’s rights in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	294711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 08/10/2019 16:59:53 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

525684

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Women's Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has for future funding from her Departmental budget for women's rights organisations in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	40760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>DFID supports a wide range of Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) through specific central programmes, such as the £8 million pound commitment to Amplify Change, reaching WROs to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), child, early and forced marriage and Female Genital Mutilation; through multilateral programmes, such as up to £6 million pound commitment to the UN Trust Fund to end VAWG which reaches WROs in 76 countries and territories; and through country programmes, such as the £12.5 million pound Strengthening Transparency, Accountability and Responsiveness (STAR) programme in Ghana.</p><p>Future plans are to continue these mechanisms, ensuring their effectiveness and expanding or extending where appropriate, and in implementing DFID’s Civil Society Partnership Review to develop and share learning on reaching WROs and small-scale organisations, so that collectively we achieve a systemic approach to supporting a resilient and effective women’s rights movement.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Sir Desmond Swayne question first answered 27/06/2016 16:51:08 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

388680

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Women's Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that resources are reaching women working at the grassroots in developing countries defending women's rights.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	6231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Supporting women’s rights organisations is vital to challenging harmful social norms and supporting collective action to bring about change. DFID supports women’s rights organisations through several Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) such as Womankind, Vital Voices and through the UN Trust Fund to end Violence against Women.</p><p> </p><p>In March I announced £8 million for AmplifyChange, an initiative which supports community based organisations to take action on a number of neglected sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender issues including child, early and forced marriage (CEFM), female genital mutilation (FGM) and violence against women and girls (VAWG).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 14/07/2015 15:11:53 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1149271

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Women's Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to increase women’s rights in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK is an international leader on gender equality and promoting women’s and girls’ rights. Gender equality is a top development priority and priority for the UK. We will not achieve any of the Sustainable Development Goals while gender inequality persists. Gender equality is considered in the design of all of DFID’s programmes. Our support is delivering results at scale – between 2015 and 2019, UKAid supported 5.8 million girls to gain a decent education; helped 23.5 million women and girls with modern methods of family planning; and reached 60.3 million children under 5, women of childbearing age and adolescent girls through our nutrition-related programmes.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/10/2019 15:49:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

933825

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Women's Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that projects that her Department co-designs and co-funds with the Department for International Trade promote women’s rights in UK trade with developing countries after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	159618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK is committed to promoting the economic empowerment of all women and recognises trade as an important lever for equality. DFID has been at the forefront of supporting the Department for International Trade to deliver on the UK’s commitment to a gender-responsive approach to trade once we leave the EU. The Prime Minister recently announced the SheTrades Commonwealth programme, which will enhance the competitiveness of women entrepreneurs in a number of Commonwealth developing countries, connecting them to markets and opportunities in the UK and the rest of the world.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2018 15:02:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion