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The inaugural international development annual public lecture delivered by International Development Secretary Justine Greening at the University of Warwick.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Employment Tribunal decision.
We celebrated the International Day of the Girl with the Canadian Embassy, UNICEF DRC and the DRC Ministry for Gender, Family and Children.
Sir Dominic Asquith inaugurated National Roundtable on Building Holistic Support for Women Survivors of Burn Violence in New Delhi.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Heartfelt congratulations to Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy by the High Commission of Canada, British High Commission and UN Women.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
11 October marks the International Day of the Girl - recognising girls' rights and the unique challenges they face around the world.
22-year-old Ayesha Khan from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, won the ‘High Commissioner for a Day’ competition and the chance to be the UK’s top diplomat to India.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A young Afghan girl who was shot by Taliban insurgents as they attacked a British patrol in Helmand has been given lifesaving treatment by soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment.
11 October 2012, is the first International Day of the Girl, which seeks to raise awareness of the situation of girls around the world.
At OSCAR foundation, these girls from lower socio-economic communities of Mumbai and Jharkhand take pride in how they ‘Kick like a girl’.
The national roundtable is part of a UK-India initiative that inspires action in one of the most under-serviced areas of work on violence against women.
The UK is celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, by opening its doors and offering young women the chance to be High Commissioner for the day.
Transcript of a speech on International Women’s Day event in New Delhi, Saturday 8 March 2014, by Sir James Bevan KCMG, UK High Commissioner to India.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson appoints Baroness Liz Sugg as the Special Envoy for Girls' Education.
A UKaid funded Girls’ Club is providing a platform for young Somali women to speak out and engage on issues surrounding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and violence against women.
Update on DFID’s partnership with Girl Effect.
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