Millennium Development Goals: Women and Girls — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:52 pm on 9 March 2015.

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Photo of Baroness Northover Baroness Northover The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development 2:52, 9 March 2015

The noble Baroness is right that women and girls are especially vulnerable in such circumstances; I was hearing this morning about the particular vulnerability of adolescent girls. She will know that the international community is beginning to address this issue and that DfID is playing a leading role in trying to ensure that, for example, the women and girls displaced in Syria are well supported. She is right, however, that we need to move this further forward.