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date	07/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Females: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the recent World Bank survey, <i>Women, Business and the Law 2016</i>, that 155 out of 173 countries, including the UK, still have at least one law impeding women’s economic opportunities.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>This report provides an interesting assessment of women's rights around the world, with a particular emphasis on how they are treated under the law. Unsurprisingly the UK is cited as providing a strong legal framework, and further progress that we have made is set out in many areas. We will continue to work with other countries to promote women's rights.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2015 13:27:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

387721

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date	06/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Females: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are following up the Girl Summit 2014 in order to counter early marriage and Female Genital Mutilation; and how they plan to ensure that there is continued global momentum on those issues.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>We are delighted that the Girl Summit has accelerated international momentum on ending FGM and Child, Early and Forced Marriage. We have already seen follow-up events take place in Uganda, Bangladesh and Ethiopia and the African Union plan to host a Girl Summit later this year. Since the 2014 Girl Summit, the Department for International Development has focused on delivering the UK Government’s commitment to supporting an end to FGM and Child, Early and Forced Marriage globally, through its £35million programme on ending FGM and the recently launched £36million programme to accelerate action to end Child marriage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Domestically, a number of measures have been taken to strengthen the law on FGM through the Serious Crime Act, £1.6million has been committed for the next stage of the Department of Health’s FGM prevention programme, and an FGM Unit has been established and commenced a programme of outreach.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 15/07/2015 15:06:22 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger