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  • Girls' education key to escape from poverty, HIV and domestic violence

    Nick Clegg: “giving girls a good education is the single most effective thing we can do to break the cycle of poverty”.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Girls & women: New education project to transform lives

    The UK announced a new education project which will help 89,000 girls in Mozambique and Ethiopia gain an education and improve their life chances

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Girls and women: Drive to end Female Genital Cutting

    To mark International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, Development Minister Lynne Featherstone met with activists

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Request for Applications: Round Three of the Saving Lives at Birth Grand Challenge

    The third round of Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development has been launched. The Challenge seeks to identify and develop transformative approaches that integrate new science and technology into childbirth a…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Shaping the future of HIV: Drivers and women

    With a larger proportion of women now living with HIV than men, STRIVE examine the network of influences which cause this increased vulnerability, and work to develop effective interventions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pakistan: UK to bolster health services for women and children

    Britain announces new support to prevent maternal and child deaths and unintended pregnancies.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Girls and women: UK call to end all violence against women

    Britain wants to see real action taken to end violence against women at the next United Nations meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New livelihoods bring hope for women in Somalia

    Innovative soap and jewellery production creates homegrown businesses in the region

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  • Women and girls: Millions to access justice against violence

    British aid to help millions of women and girls access better justice and support against violence

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Justine Greening: Eliminating violence against women and girls

    Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls at an event hosted by the Associate Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security and the Gender and Development Network.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Justine Greening: Gender in the post-2015 agenda

    Speech by the International Development Secretary delivered to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Debt, Aid and Trade in London

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID research: Testing the effectiveness of economic interventions on girls and women

    New systematic review looks at the impact of economic interventions for girls and young women in low-and-lower middle-income countries.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Girls and women: International Day of the Girl

    Today is the first International Day of the Girl to recognise girls' rights and the unique challenges they face around the world.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID research: Young Lives shines the spotlight on girls

    11 October 2012, is the first International Day of the Girl, which seeks to raise awareness of the situation of girls around the world.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Family planning: Contraceptives for 27m women and girls

    The British government is part of a new partnership announced today at the United Nations that will increase access to contraceptives for 27 million women and girls in some of the world's poorest countries.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lady health workers saving lives in rural Pakistan

    How community-based female health workers are preventing the deaths of mothers and babies

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  • Family planning: UK aid saves a woman’s life every two hours

    British aid will save the life of a woman or girl in the developing world every two hours for the next eight years.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Family planning: Historic breakthrough for 120m women

    An extraordinary global breakthrough giving access to family planning for 120 million women in the world’s poorest countries was hailed today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Family planning: London summit, 11 July 2012

    Making lifesaving contraceptives available to an additional 120 million women and girls by 2020

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Prime Minister's Speech on Family Planning

    Prime Minister David Cameron announces £500 million in aid at the Family Planning Summit 2012 to increase international access to contraceptives.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government