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From Secretary of State for International Development
  • Declaration to end violence against women and girls

    57th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) has agreed to adopt a declaration urging an end to violence against women and girls.

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

  • Commission on the Status of Women

    International Development Secretary Justine Greening's reaction to the agreed conclusions from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

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

  • Government matches £16m donations to Red Nose Day

    UK aid to match £16 million of public donations, to help Comic Relief transform lives of over 500,000 girls & women in Africa.

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

  • Syria - two years of humanitarian need

    Secretary of State for International Development statement on two years on from the start of the conflict in Syria

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

  • UK aid committed to prevent deaths from Malaria in Africa

    UK support in Mozambique leads to 40% fall in malaria related deaths. Further 5 million bed nets to be distributed in Uganda.

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

  • Economic growth: end aid dependency through jobs

    British businesses have a key role to play in the economic development of low income countries, International Development Secretary Justine Greening said today.

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

  • Investing in growth: How DFID works in new and emerging markets

    Justine Greening's speech at the London Stock Exchange on economic growth and the role of business in international development.

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

  • End aid dependency through jobs

    British businesses have a key role to play in the economic development of low income countries, says International Development Secretary

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

  • World must make good on promises to Syria

    International donors must deliver the humanitarian help they have pledged, says International Development Secretary

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

  • Girls & women: UK steps up support for women's rights

    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

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

  • A new focus on girls and women's rights

    Speech by the Development Secretary Justine Greening setting out how UK aid will support girls and women's rights

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

  • Statement from Justine Greening on aid to Rwanda

    Written Ministerial Statement on UK aid to Rwanda

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

  • Disasters: New technology fund for humanitarian innovation

    The UK will set up a new fund to back mobile, text and other innovative technologies which can be used to help those hit by humanitarian crises

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

  • Justine Greening: Development in transition

    Speech by the Development Secretary Justine Greening setting out her priorities for UK aid in the coming years, hosted by ONE Campaign UK.

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

  • Beyond 2015: Student competition to help 'shape the future'

    British pupils will get a chance to tell their Prime Minister what they want to see in global goals which will shape the future of development

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

  • Somalia: UK to help build democratic government

    Britain will help Somalia to establish a new government and federal parliament, as well as providing aid to help fight the food crisis

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

  • Corruption: UK crime agencies to fight problem overseas

    British aid officials and UK crime agencies will spearhead a new drive to clamp down on overseas corruption in poor countries

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

  • Syria: UK doubles funding and urges others to act

    The UK has more than doubled its funding to the Syrian refugee crisis as International Development Secretary Justine Greening warned that the conflict is placing an impossible humanitarian and financial toll on Syrians and o…

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

  • Trade: UK to work with businesses to improve livelihoods

    The UK Government will work with businesses to improve working conditions for farmers and workers in developing countries

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

  • Burma: Joint support for new education initiative

    The UK will work with Australia to help over 200,000 children in Burma to complete basic education

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