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date	06/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Sanitary Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has made an assessment of the difficulties that women in Zimbabwe face in obtaining sanitary products in that country; and whether he is taking steps to tackle that humanitarian need.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	229108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Period poverty is a serious issue in Zimbabwe. For example, recent reports show that some 62% of girls are missing school every month and 5% drop out completely due to menstruation. The Government of Zimbabwe has sought to address this through suspending import duty and value added tax on sanitaryware. Through our programmes in Zimbabwe we are currently supporting over 12,000 girls to stay in secondary school by providing a package of essential items including sanitaryware. In addition, the recently launched United Nations humanitarian flash appeal highlights procurement of sanitaryware as a priority action for specific groups.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/03/2019 15:42:04 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

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registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department is taking to support the humanitarian needs and safe return of the estimated 30,000 Anglophone refugees who have fled into Nigeria during the recent violence in Cameroon.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	190392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>This year DFID Nigeria has provided £20 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross who provide life-saving assistance to people affected by conflicts across Nigeria, including refugees from Cameroon, as well as those affected by the conflict in the north east and by inter-communal violence. Support to refugees from Cameroon includes the provision of essential household items such as clothes, hygiene products, cooking utensils and mosquito nets. DFID have a humanitarian adviser based in Cameroon working with partners on humanitarian issues in the country and are funding a protection adviser in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs working across the region on the Anglophone Crisis.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 19/11/2018 17:05:49 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

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registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations she has made to her counterpart in South Sudan on the protection of aid workers from violence in that country.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	148690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>South Sudan is one of the most dangerous operating environments in the world for humanitarian workers, with at least 100 killed since the conflict began in 2013.</p><p>Violence against those individuals delivering lifesaving assistance is completely unacceptable, and the UK has consistently made clear to South Sudan’s leaders that this must stop. We raise this issue regularly at Ministerial level.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/06/2018 14:50:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry