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UK aid supported voter mobilisation programme targeted at women highlights the importance of voting and gets rural women interested in exercising their rights
British aid is helping 100,000 Pakistani women register to vote for the first time - giving them the choice to have their say on who represents them
The UK government invited members of the diaspora community to help explain the challenges Somali women face – and their ideas to overcome them
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
New funding for female survivors of violence and exploitation in Haiti
The Economic Empowerment of the Poorest Programme (EEP) is working in Bangladesh to help understand extreme poverty and to develop effective strategies for social empowerment and economic growth.
Six million people in DR Congo to get essential healthcare under a new British programme to improve lives and help create sustainable peace
Friday the 22nd March is World Water Day. A new series of Outcome Stories, from the Challenge for Water and Food Programme, look at the socio-economic impacts of water efficiency.
The UK Foreign Secretary and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie call on the world to act to eradicate sexual violence in conflict
UK aid backs global wave of change to end damaging practice within a generation
How the Acid Survivors Foundation is helping victims of acid attacks in Bangladesh
UK aid support provides help for poor and socially marginalised women in rural communities
How UK aid is working to eliminate and prevent all forms of violence against women and girls
How small stipends from UK aid are helping thousands of girls get an education in Pakistan
How UK aid is helping acid victims in Pakistan
57th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) has agreed to adopt a declaration urging an end to violence against women and girls.
International Development Secretary Justine Greening's reaction to the agreed conclusions from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Britain announced the biggest ever international investment in eradicating the practice
Britain will step up its support for girls and women in the poorest countries to give them more choice, voice and control over their lives
Speech by the Development Secretary Justine Greening setting out how UK aid will support girls and women's rights
The Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT) conducted a qualitative survey to identify the perceived value of education among girls of school age in Karnataka, India.
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