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89778

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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 policies and programmes her Department has to tackle female genital mutilation and early forced marriage; and what progress has been made in this area following the Prime Minister's Girl Summit held in July 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is the biggest international donor to efforts tackling female genital mutilation, investing up to £35 million over 5 years. This funding enables three strands of work. First, work directly within local communities and governments to back action to end FGM in 15 countries. Secondly, research into the most cost-effective approaches to ending FGM, to make sure our work has the maximum impact, and thirdly social change communications and support to UK based diaspora groups for efforts to end the practice in their countries of origin.</p><p> </p><p>At Girl Summit 2014, the Secretary of State for International Development announced a new commitment of up to £25 million for a UN multi-country programme to end child, early and forced marriage in 12 countries, and an investment of £31 million to generate new evidence on what works to transform lives of poor adolescent girls. DFID is also exploring new mechanisms to support civil society addressing FGM and CEFM.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is driving forward its work on both of these important agendas. In parallel, we are building on the achievements of the Girl Summit, which included support from over 450 governments, organisations and individuals for a Charter that called to an end to FGM and CEFM, 12,000 social media pledges for this cause, and over 130 policy commitments contributing towards this objective. DFID is working to maintain this international momentum by calling for more signatories to the charter, delivery of the commitments that were made and further action to end these practices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 05/09/2014 10:29:16 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

90747

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	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 she will take steps to prioritise measures to improve the position of women and girls as part of her Department's development programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID has put girls and women at the heart of international development. We prioritise work to improve the position of girls and women in everything we do.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 13 May 2014, the International Development Gender Equality Act 2014, championed by my Hon Friend, the member for Stone (Sir William Cash MP), came into law. This means that before development or humanitarian assistance is provided, the impact on gender equality must be considered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 11/09/2014 16:16:41 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

58139

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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, in which countries in receipt of her Department's funds in each of the last two financial years women are known to have been murdered (a) for apostasy and (b) in honour killings with impunity; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Given that globally 1 in 3 women will experience violence in her lifetime, preventing violence against girls and women in all its forms is a priority for DFID. While DFID does not collect or hold the information in the form requested, the UK has prioritised addressing violence against women and girls around the world. We are also committed to help 10 million women access justice through the courts, police, and legal assistance by 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 09/06/2014 11:41:29 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

60699

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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 recent discussions she has had with (a) UK-based companies and (b) companies selling products in the UK about (i) how they are ensuring women in the supply chain are empowered to get their rights and (ii) whether they have signed up to the UN Women's Empowerment Principles.
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have regular discussions with UK based companies about a range of issues including supply chains and women's economic empowerment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 16/06/2014 15:34:44 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

387621

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2015
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on re-establishing the position of Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence against Women and Girls Overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>As Secretary of State for International Development, I champion this issue every day as part of my broader plan to improve the prospects of women and girls overseas. I am proud of the impact my department has achieved in tackling violence against women and girls, not least through the 2014 Girl Summit which focussed on eradicating Female Genital Mutilation and Early and Forced Child Marriage.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 09/07/2015 16:20:20 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

522212

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has made an assessment of (a) the adequacy of its expenditure on and (b) the value for money of its work on violence against women and girls.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>As part of the recent ICAI report on DFID’S efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls (VAWG), and building on a DFID mapping exercise from 2014, ICAI identified 127 VAWG programmes – up from 64 in 2012. The value of these programmes came to £184 million in 2015. The value for money question is specifically addressed in our pioneering violence against women and girls research and innovation programme called ‘What Works to Prevent Violence’, and we will be incorporating findings into programme development as they emerge.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2016 14:39:44 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

522211

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to increase the number of interventions to tackle violence against women and girls through programmes funded by her Department at (a) donor and (b) country level.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>As set out in our UK Strategy to end violence against women and girls: 2016 to 2020 we are pursuing an ambitious programme of work at the international level. Scaling up efforts to eliminate VAWG requires global action and leadership. DFID is continuing to demonstrate leadership internationally, for example, at the World Humanitarian Summit the UK announced an expansion of the VAWG programme in Syria with UNFPA. DFID will continue to support VAWG interventions at country and central level where it is appropriate and where there is a comparative advantage for DFID to do so .</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2016 14:40:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

675192

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many jobs for women in developing countries (1) have been, and (2) they estimate will be, created by the Commonwealth Development Corporation; whether they intend to set any targets in this regard; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>CDC targets jobs through the use of a development impact grid, to identify key employment sectors and countries; and through an assessment of the development case for each individual investment. This methodology does not depend solely on a job target but instead seeks to find investments which optimise the balance between four factors - the employment potential, the low income of the country, the difficulty of doing business, and the lack of available capital. This is to ensure that our investments are directed not only towards employment, but also to the countries most in need of assistance.</p><p>CDC’s Investment Policy does however direct CDC to focus on those sectors that create the most jobs in the poorest developing countries and it does measure and publish in its annual report the number of jobs created, for women and for men, in Africa and South Asia each year.</p><p>CDC investee companies employed 135,000 women in 2015. CDC investments help overcome other barriers faced by women in business. CDC investments in the power sector support the growth of firms, big and small, that create employment opportunities for women. CDC investments in microfinance institutions provide millions of women in Africa and South Asia with access to affordable financial services. Of the estimated 1.01 million direct and indirect jobs created by CDC investments in 2015, CDC estimates that 320,000 were jobs for women.</p><p>CDC is committed to playing its role in achieving Global Goal 5 to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls. CDC will continue to progress gender objectives on its forthcoming strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/01/2017 17:24:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

521635

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	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: Females
	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 is taking to increase reporting and improve data collection of violence against women and girls in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>DFID has championed the introduction of a VAWG ‘marker’ by the OECD-DAC to better track donor funding on VAWG. The Department has also already made changes to its own systems so that it can report annually to the OECD-DAC about VAWG spending. The DAC marker is a critical accountability tool for all donors, including in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 5.2. In addition the department is supporting some national governments to collect data on violence against women and girls through its bilateral programmes, one example of which is the support to Ghana to conduct a violence against women and girls prevalence survey.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2016 14:42:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

675191

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department for International Development (DfID) currently tracks how many jobs for women in developing countries (1) have been, and (2) they estimate will be, created through DfID-funded projects and programmes; whether they plan to set any targets in this regard; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID historically has tracked and continues to track the impact of its programmes on women’s employment using indicators within each programme’s own monitoring and measurement system. For example a skills development programme in Pakistan is planning to train between 165,000-300,000 women to enhance their income/employment prospects.</p><p>The department does not plan to set any targets related to job creation for the whole organisation because the data and collection methods are not consistent enough between countries to be able to verify and report in the aggregate. DFID is working with international institutions to improve jobs data quality for the long term.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/01/2017 17:23:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger