CFID is delighted to host this Guest Blog by Rocco Blume from War Child. He highlights that under the leadership of consecutive Conservative Secretaries of State, UK aid has focused on poverty, humanitarian response, womens development, FGM and forced marriages, in enshrined 0.7% in law.
Baroness Anne Jenkin “British development policy must help unleash the potential of women and girls”
Published as part of our joint collection of essays with Save the Children UK. CFID Founder, Baroness Anne Jenkin argues that UK development policy must continue to prioritise women and girls for their own sake, and for the difference that we can make to development by unleashing their potential.
Jeremy Lefroy MP “Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world.”
As experts gather in the UK for the Education World Forum and the FCO publishes The Platform for Girls' Education report highlighting the gap between ambition and reality, calling on leaders from all sectors of society to make this a national development priority and get behind cost-effective investments such as...