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947563

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there will be a sustained focus on women and girls in developing countries in the forthcoming Department for International Development Spending Review.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL9846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>Gender equality is a top development priority and a top priority for the UK. Our manifesto and legislative commitments put girls and women at the heart of development and humanitarian spending. The process for agreeing Spending Review commitments will commence in the autumn, under a Treasury lead.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/07/2018 14:45:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

818665

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to support the charity Theirworld's #RewritingTheCode campaign on attitudes and behaviours that prevent girls and women from succeeding and leading.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	121429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>We welcome any action that supports girls and women to succeed and lead and therefore applaud TheirWorld's campaign. DFID is committed to challenging and changing the negative attitudes and discriminatory practices that hold women and girls back throughout their lives. UKaid funded programmes have secured pledges from more than 8 million people to abandon female genital mutilation and have reached over 750,000 girls at risk of child marriage. UKaid also supports women and girls to achieve their full potential through education, supporting more than 5.3 million girls in school and helping over 36 million women access financial services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/01/2018 17:48:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

800587

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	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 ensure that water, sanitation and hygene services are integrated into its gender and women’s empowerment programmes and its strategic vision for women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	117208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>DFID recognises that girls and women may be particularly disadvantaged when adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities are not available. That is why we promote through our policies and programmes a holistic approach which integrates WASH with other development services such as education and health. For example, our Girls’ Education Challenge programme includes activities to improve access to water and sanitation. As part of our upcoming renewed Strategic Vision for Gender Equality, we will intensify action to promote gender equality in water and sanitation programmes. This will help to ensure that girls’ and women’s rights to access water, sanitation and hygiene facilities are realised and that they benefit from security and privacy, for example to meet their menstrual hygiene needs.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2017 17:36:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

780584

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to support meeting the specific targets on (a) violence against women and girls, (b) female genital mutilation and (c) child and early forced marriage within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	110217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>This government is proud of its global leadership on tackling violence against women and girls. Globally, one in three women have experienced some form of physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime. We cannot and will not tolerate this.</p><p>We are supporting the UN and national governments in the challenge to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls, including female genital mutilation (FGM) and child and early forced marriage (CEFM), across a range of interventions, including, but not limited to:</p><ul><li>The largest donor commitment ever to ending FGM, with a flagship regional programme of £35 million over five years, and an additional £12 million commitment in Sudan.</li><li>Between 2016 and 2018 DFID is providing over £2 million through Amplify Change to 43 grassroots organisations tackling FGM across 16 countries in West Africa, the Sahel, Rift Valley, Horn of Africa and Middle East.</li><li>DFID’s £25m world-leading research and innovation fund programme – What Works to Prevent Violence - is drawing together global experts to produce rigorous evidence on violence prevalence and test ways to stop it before it happens. This evidence will be a global public good, helping country governments, donors and civil society to get the most out of every penny spent on interventions.</li><li>DFID has a large £39 million global programme supporting UNICEF/UNFPA to end CEFM in 12 priority countries (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Ethiopia, Yemen, Uganda, Mozambique, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Niger, Burkina Faso and Ghana).</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/11/2017 13:04:06 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

720687

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to what extent her Department applies the principles of gender budgeting when assessing projects through UKAID.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	70900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Gender Equality Act (2014) makes it a legal requirement to consider gender equality in all development and humanitarian assistance. DFID tracks spend on gender equality through the use of an internal gender marker.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 24/04/2017 15:23:59 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

684078

registered interest
date	03/02/2017
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	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 support the key principles outlined in its guidance note, Shifting social norms to tackle violence against women and girls, published on 20 January 2016; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	63086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>Violence against women and girls is unacceptable. In order to deliver long term change we need to address the negative attitudes expectations and behaviours relating to women and girls; both integrating across programmes and standalone projects. DFID is the only international development donor with a dedicated Violence Against Women and Girls Team working to embed best practice, including on shifting social norms to tackle violence against women and girls, across UK Aid programmes. This approach is achieving results.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/02/2017 15:17:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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
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

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
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

670845

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department's Women and Girls Team is taking across government departments on a UK implementation plan for the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	59265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s Gender Equality Team is working with other Government Departments to ensure gender equality is integrated effectively throughout work on the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p>This includes working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence to implement the UK National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security; working across HMG to meet our manifesto commitments as set out in the cross Government Strategy on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls; and taking a co-ordinated approach with the Home Office on tackling FGM. We are putting women and girls at the centre of all our efforts.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 17/01/2017 17:22:39 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

659630

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
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 use her Department makes of social norms approaches within its programmes to increase women's economic empowerment and political participation; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>Negative social and cultural expectations lead to discrimination against women and girls, and can severely limit their ability to participate fully in politics and in the economy. DFID is committed to tackling this discrimination in our strategy to empower women and girls, and in our recently published Bilateral and Multilateral Development reviews.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 22/12/2016 12:05:12 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham