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New bridges replace those destroyed either by the conflict in 2009 or the devastating floods in 2010
How a midwifery school is inspiring a new generation of midwives
Today the UK Government is launching the first round of funding for the Girls' Education Challenge
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
UK doctors, midwives and medics will train over 17,000 health workers to provide emergency care for mothers and newborns across Africa and Asia
The UK will spearhead a new drive to save girls and women from the domestic violence and trafficking in poor countries
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has recorded a video message for International Women’s Day 2012.
Find out what action the UK government is taking to assist women around the world.
Bringing together evidence of what works in low- and middle- income countries to prevent violence against women by their male partners.
Britain is working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and partners to host a Family Planning summit in July 2012.
Launch of a new “Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index” (WEAI).
Pathways of Women’s Empowerment Programme launches the findings and recommendations from five years of research in London next week.
The UK will help save thousands of lives and avert nearly 220,000 unsafe abortions by providing much needed contraceptive supplies
Speech by Andrew Mitchell on the UN's designation of October 11 as the UN International Day of the Girl.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Stephen O'Brien speaks at the opening of the International Conference for Family Planning in Senegal.
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell's keynote speech at the UK launch of World Development Report on 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.
UK aid will help to save the lives of more than 7,000 pregnant women as part of a drive to cut maternal deaths
Britain will help up to a million of the poorest girls in the world go to school, through the Girls Education Challenge.
The Government of Zambia has established access and quality of education, especially for girls, as a national priority, even in hard economic times.
How UK aid is changing lives by getting more girls into school
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