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  • High Commission marks International Women’s Day in Kampala

    IWD is on Sunday 8 March 2015. UK works to support women’s rights in Uganda.

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

  • Senior DFID official visits Uganda

    Director General for Country Programmes meets Ugandan ministers and travels to Karamoja

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

  • Bristol steps up effort to end female genital mutilation

    Stephen Williams hears testimony from project workers about vital work in Bristol to end the practice of female genital mutilation.

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

  • Girl Summit 2014: outcomes and commitments

    What was achieved at the Girl Summit 2014 - who signed the charter, the commitments that were made, photos from the day and video footage.

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

  • DFID and UNICEF host Nairobi Girl Summit

    DFID and UNICEF hosted the Nairobi Girl Summit on 21st July to galvanize support for an end to FGM and Child, Early Forced Marriage (CEFM)

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

  • Call to charities working to end female genital mutilation and child marriage

    Charities with the best ideas on how to end female genital mutilation and child marriage to benefit from match funding from the UK government.

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

  • Girl Summit 2014: David Cameron's speech

    David Cameron's speech from the 2014 Girl Summit held in London.

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

  • Girl Summit 2014: Nick Clegg speech

    The Deputy PM made the closing speech at Girl Summit 2014 on actions to help prevent female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage.

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

  • New FGM measures launched to ‘care, protect, prevent’

    An FGM (female genital mutilation) prevention programme has been launched by the Department of Health and NHS England at the Girl Summit.

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

  • Home Secretary speech at Girl Summit 2014

    Speech given by Home Secretary Theresa May on 22 July 2014 at the Girl Summit.

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

  • PM hosts Girl Summit 2014: a future free from FGM and child and forced marriage

    The government will today announce new action and funding to protect millions of girls from female genital mutilation and forced marriage.

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

  • PM meeting with Prime Minister Hasina of Bangladesh: July 2014

    The Prime Ministers spoke about eliminating child marriage, January’s Bangladesh election, development goals and the Bangladeshi diaspora.

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

  • DFID Press Release on Girl Summit

    Enough is Enough! Together we can end Female Genital Cutting and Child, Early and Forced Marriage

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

  • UK tech companies deliver e-learning to Kenya’s marginalised girls

    Avanti, sQuid, Whizz Education & Camara Education in UK aid partnership to improve education for over 25,000 girls and track impact of early, child and forced marriage.

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

  • UK encourages greater trade with Zambia

    Justine Greening, UK Secretary of State for International Development visited Zambia on 9 and 10 July

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

  • Justine Greening: End child marriage in a generation

    Speech by the International Development Secretary pledging that Britain will lead international efforts to end child marriage within a generation.

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

  • UK Secretary of State speaks on ending child marriages in Zambia

    UK Secretary of State, Justine Greening, spoke at the symposium to end child marriages in Lusaka. She said:

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

  • Greening: End child marriage in a generation

    Britain will lead international efforts to end child marriage within a generation,

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

  • UK Secretary of State to visit Zambia

    Justine Greening, UK Secretary of State for International Development will visit Zambia on 9th and 10th July

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

  • Lynne Featherstone: Tackling violence against women and girls overseas

    Written ministerial statement by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, Lynne Featherstone MP.

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