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From Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development
  • Nutrition for Growth: 2 years on

    DFID releases more funding for nutrition programmes.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • DFID welcomes new ministerial team

    The Department for International Development has welcomed its full ministerial team.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 59 newsletter Issue 5

    This newsletter gives an update on the UK’s 59th CSW programme and outcomes of the session

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

  • Oxford University and UK Government to lead research to improve global water supply

    A new research project led by the University of Oxford and the UK Government will help millions of people to have reliable access to water.

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

  • UK ministers: Scotland can be proud of UK Ebola fight

    Scots have made a ‘profound contribution’ to the UK’s Ebola response in Sierra Leone, Baroness Northover and Alistair Carmichael said today.

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

  • "All women have the right to live free from discrimination and violence."

    Statement by Baroness Northover, UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development, at the 59th Session on the UN Commission on the Status of Women

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

  • UK statement at the Commission on the Status of Women

    Baroness Northover, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for DfID delivers UK statement on gender equality at the UN

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

  • Minister visits Manchester to thank UK Ebola workers

    Baroness Northover visited Manchester today to praise medics’ work in combatting Ebola and helping the world prepare for future crises.

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

  • Minister praises Leeds-based FGM campaigners

    Baroness Northover meets anti-female genital mutilation group The Gambia Volunteers Trust

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

  • Minister praises University of Cambridge’s global poverty research

    Research is helping to improve agriculture, education, medicine and technology across the developing world.

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

  • African communities called on to end FGM in a generation

    Voluntary and community African groups in the UK are being invited to bid for new grants to support their campaigns to end female genital mutilation in their countries of origin.

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

  • Ending Female Genital Mutilation: Cardiff group praised for campaign

    Cardiff’s leading campaigners against FGM have been praised for their role in ending the harmful practice.

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

  • Britain provides new humanitarian support for Sudan

    The UK will provide further life-saving food, water and support for families forced from their homes by recent fighting in Sudan.

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

  • New framework puts disability at heart of UK’s international development

    New Disability Framework published today.

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

  • UK supports global plans to help protect people from cancer and respiratory illnesses

    Britain has joined global action to help prevent millions of people dying each year from respiratory illnesses.

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

  • Ministerial appointments: November 2014

    Ministerial changes at the Home Office, Department for International Development and for Government Whips.

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

  • UK Minister visits Somalia to promote the rights of women and girls

    Lynne Featherstone re-affirms strength of UK partnership with Somalia on visit to Mogadishu.

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

  • UK Minister visits Somaliland to promote the rights of women and girls

    Lynne Featherstone re-affirms strength of the UK’s partnership with the region.

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

  • Bangladesh Girl Summit 2014

    Speech by the Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development

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

  • Better global disability data needed to ensure no one is left behind

    The international community needs to do more to stop people with disabilities being left behind, International Development Minster Lynne Featherstone said today.

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