International Development Minister in Paris
Lynne Featherstone was in Paris on 8-9 January to discuss issues on development and violence against women and girls.
International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone meets with adolescent girls from the Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme in Matero and Chibombo, Zambia. Credits: Emily Travis/DFID
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development Lynne Featherstone is one of the Department for International Development’s (DFID) Ministers. She met counterparts in the French Government and civil society colleagues to discuss international development priorities, the British Presidency of the G8 and how the UK and France can continue to work closely on tackling poverty in 2013.
Mrs Featherstone is also the UK Champion on Violence against Women across the world.