Writing on Conservative Home on 12 June CFID members and Project Umubano alumni Stephen Crabb MP and Sir Desmond Swayne MP call for those in the Conservative Leadership contest to uphold our commitment to international development.
The Telegraph reported on Baroness Liz Sugg speech defending UKaid use to fight the global rollback of women’s rights.
Writing to The Times on 11 June, former DFID Secretary of State defended the 0.7% target. He argues that Ministers must be careful that highly questionable spending does not undermine the UK’s international leadership as a development superpower.
DFID Minister, Baroness Sugg recently set out how the fashion industry can be a force for good in achieving SDGs towards women’s economic empowerment during her speech at the Fair Fashion in Africa event on 3rd May.
Writing in The Times on 8 May 2019, Graham Stuart MP, International Trade Minister and MP for Holderness makes the case for Business investment and job creation in Africa. Long term sustainable growth enables economic development and progression from aid partners to trading partners for the future.
CFID are delighted to host a guest blog by Delphine Valette from the International Rescue Committee. She argues that the UK should continue to be a world leader for women and girls caught up in crisis, highlights the importance of commitment to the conference on Gender-Based Violence in Oslo next month, and showcases the work of Conservative Peer, Baroness Hodgson as Chair of the APPG on Women, Peace and Security.
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