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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-06-16more like thismore than 2020-06-16
answering body
Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 remove filter
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
hansard heading Developing Countries: Equality more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of public-private sector partnerships for improving gender equality in developing countries. more like this
tabling member constituency Bolton South East more like this
tabling member printed
Yasmin Qureshi more like this
uin 59727 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-06-23more like thismore than 2020-06-23
answer text <p>Working with the private sector can crowd additional finance to benefit women and girls including through more productive jobs. DFID’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/work-and-opportunities-for-women" target="_blank">Work and Opportunities for Women</a> is advising British multinational companies to secure better paid and secure work for 400,000 women in global supply chains. Our co-financing of the G20 <a href="https://we-fi.org/" target="_blank">Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative </a> will help reach 115,000 women entrepreneurs in developing countries and mobilise additional public and private sector resources of $2.6 billion. CDC has co-led a collective commitment by the G7 Development Finance Institutions to mobilise $3 billion of public and private investments advancing gender equality in developing countries.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills more like this
answering member printed Wendy Morton more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-06-23T15:01:27.717Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-23T15:01:27.717Z
answering member
4358
label Biography information for Wendy Morton more like this
tabling member
3924
label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi more like this