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1167073

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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: Females
	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 advance the rights of older women in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	7138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s Strategic Vision for Gender Equality underlines the need to focus on each stage of the lifecycle if we are to achieve our ambitions to leave no-one behind. This includes recognising the contribution of older women and considering them in efforts to empower women economically.</p><p>Better data and understanding of the situation of older women is essential for tackling the poverty and discrimination they face. DFID is investing in improving collection and use of disaggregated data (by sex, age and disability) to enable us to empower and include those who are too often invisible or face additional barriers to escaping poverty, such as older people. For example, we have led the way on the Inclusive Data Charter Action Plan and worked with others to improve the international development system on disaggregated and inclusive data.</p><p>The UK is also committed to shining a spotlight on the vulnerabilities of widows globally, including raising awareness of the discrimination and abuse often faced by older widows. At the Commission on the Status of Women in March, the UK helped secure the first ever United Nations-level recognition of the need to invest in adequate measures to protect and support widows.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/11/2019 13:39:45 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1167075

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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: Females
	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 recognise, promote and support the paid and unpaid work of older women as part of its economic empowerment programs.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	7140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Through the Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women programme the UK Government invested in research to better understand the care economy, and the interventions that will most help women to become economically empowered and productive. The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women programme undertook 14 research projects in 50 countries and promoted the use of research by decision makers. DFID is commissioning further research in a new phase which will include a focus on women’s unpaid care work.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s leadership on improving collection and use of disaggregated sex and age data seeks to empower older women (among other groups) to escape poverty. Our Inclusive Data Charter Action Plan sets out the steps we will take to work across the international system to develop tools, methods, and guidance on inclusive data.</p><p> </p><p>UKAid is supporting the expansion of social protection programmes to empower older people. For example, the UK has supported the Government of Uganda over the last 10 years to deliver a Senior Citizen Grant. The programme currently supports 168,340 older people each year.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/11/2019 13:35:27 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1166779

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will discuss advancing the sexual health and rights of older women at the 2019 Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	6325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Nairobi Summit on Population and Development is a critical global moment for sexual and reproductive health and rights in 2019 as it marks 25 years since the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action, and 50 years since the formation of United Nations Population Fund. The UK is helping shape the statement for the summit. Universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights includes all women.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 31/10/2019 16:15:44 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1150507

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the secretary of state for international development, if he will discuss the importance of advancing adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights at the 2019 Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	1647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK will raise the importance of adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights as part of our engagements at the Nairobi ICPD+25 Summit. The UK committed at the 2017 Family Planning Summit to focus on adolescents in our sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes. We continue to amplify the needs of adolescent girls through our voice on the world stage.</p><p> </p><p>At the UN General Assembly, the Secretary of State made clear the UK’s ongoing commitment to sexual and reproductive health and rights, announcing an additional £600 million aid package to provide improved access to family planning. UK aid programmes are helping to give millions of women and girls control over their bodies, so they can choose if, when and how many children they want; that is a basic right that every woman and girl deserves.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/10/2019 15:44:28 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma