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  • Family Planning Summit

    Keep up with today's announcements and reactions at the Family Planning Summit - committed to bringing access to contraceptives to women all over the world.

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

  • Building bridges to re-connect cut-off communities in Pakistan

    New bridges replace those destroyed either by the conflict in 2009 or the devastating floods in 2010

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  • Called to be a midwife in northern Nigeria

    How a midwifery school is inspiring a new generation of midwives

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  • Education: British aid to transform 1m girls’ lives

    Today the UK Government is launching the first round of funding for the Girls' Education Challenge

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

  • UK medics to help save lives of more mums and babies

    UK doctors, midwives and medics will train over 17,000 health workers to provide emergency care for mothers and newborns across Africa and Asia

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

  • International Women's Day: UK tackles violence against women

    The UK will spearhead a new drive to save girls and women from the domestic violence and trafficking in poor countries

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

  • International Women’s Day 2012: message from the Deputy Prime Minister

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has recorded a video message for International Women’s Day 2012.

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

  • International Women's Day 2012

    Find out what action the UK government is taking to assist women around the world.

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

  • DFID research: What works to prevent violence against women by their partners?

    Bringing together evidence of what works in low- and middle- income countries to prevent violence against women by their male partners.

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

  • Family planning: UK to host summit with Gates Foundation

    Britain is working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and partners to host a Family Planning summit in July 2012.

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

  • DFID research: Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index Launched

    Launch of a new “Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index” (WEAI).

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

  • DFID research: New Publication: Empowerment: A Journey not a Destination

    Pathways of Women’s Empowerment Programme launches the findings and recommendations from five years of research in London next week.

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

  • New contraception drive will save women's lives

    The UK will help save thousands of lives and avert nearly 220,000 unsafe abortions by providing much needed contraceptive supplies

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: The UN's International Day of the Girl

    Speech by Andrew Mitchell on the UN's designation of October 11 as the UN International Day of the Girl.

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

  • Stephen O'Brien: Family planning to transform women's lives

    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Stephen O'Brien speaks at the opening of the International Conference for Family Planning in Senegal.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: Putting women at the heart of development

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell's keynote speech at the UK launch of World Development Report on Gender Equality.

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

  • Stephen O'Brien: On the role of boys and men in improving gender equality

    Stephen O'Brien's speech at the launch of Plan UK's State of the World's Girls report, looking at the inclusion of boys and men in gender work.

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

  • New plan to save thousands of pregnant women's lives

    UK aid will help to save the lives of more than 7,000 pregnant women as part of a drive to cut maternal deaths

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

  • Educating one million girls to tackle poverty

    Britain will help up to a million of the poorest girls in the world go to school, through the Girls Education Challenge.

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

  • MDG 2 - Universal primary education in Zambia

    The Government of Zambia has established access and quality of education, especially for girls, as a national priority, even in hard economic times.

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