Results 1-9 of 9 for iraq speaker:Sandra Gidley
- International Role of Women (9 Mar 2004)
Ms Sandra Gidley: ...as any. [Interruption.] I apologise, as the Minister is clearly not a woman. However, he has to be here—he is not here from choice. Last week's debate focused on the post-conflict work in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I will not rehearse it today. However, I was pleased that the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hillsborough raised that vital subject. At some stage in the future, I would like...
- Women, Equality and Human Rights (4 Mar 2004)
Ms Sandra Gidley: ...on trafficking in women and children? Finally, I turn to post-conflict problems. The Minister mentioned Sierra Leone. I sincerely hope that work is done there. Examples from Afghanistan and Iraq do not augur well for the future. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Joan Ruddock). She was in her place earlier and I was hoping that she would speak. She has done much work...
- Women, Equality and Human Rights (4 Mar 2004)
Ms Sandra Gidley: That was an appalling intervention, and untrue. I am discussing a very real problem facing women in post-conflict Iraq, yet the hon. Lady seeks to trivialise it in this way. She should be ashamed of herself. Many Iraqi women genuinely believed that they would gain more rights after the war. It is a huge disappointment to many of us that the opposite appears to be the case. Suspicions have...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Minister for Women: Iraq (22 Jan 2004)
Ms Sandra Gidley: ...security assistance force failed to protect women, which hindered their participation in the post-conflict rebuilding process. What is she doing to ensure that we do not repeat the same mistakes in Iraq?
- Written Answers — Minister for Women: Iraq (3 Jul 2003)
Ms Sandra Gidley: To ask the Minister for Women what plans she has to visit Iraq.
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (25 Mar 2003)
Ms Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what commitment he will make to compliance with UN Resolution 1325 in any post-conflict reconstruction in Iraq.
- Iraq (Relief and Reconstruction) (24 Mar 2003)
Ms Sandra Gidley: What lessons have been learned from post-conflict Afghanistan and Kosovo, and what steps is the Department taking to ensure that in post-conflict Iraq there is full recognition of UN resolution 1325?
- International Women's Day (6 Mar 2003)
Ms Sandra Gidley: ...on security and disarmament issues is welcome, but much more needs to be done to ensure that the stranglehold on power enjoyed by the warlords who rule most parts of Afghanistan is weakened. In Iraq, the Gulf war a decade ago resulted in the destruction of a large number of public facilities such as electricity generation stations and water purification plant and sewage treatment works....
- Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (7 Jan 2003)
Ms Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what development projects her Department has supported in Iraq since the Gulf war in the rehabilitation of the country; and how much was financed for each project; (2) what development projects her Department has supported in Iraq since the Gulf War for the rehabilitation of the country which have focussed on women and...