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King’s Speech - Debate (6th Day) (15 Nov 2023)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...or having their homes and all their possessions destroyed. As we sit safely in Westminster tonight, I cannot even begin to think how that must feel. As Ernest Hemingway said, “never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime”. Why do we never learn the lessons of what has gone before? Aside from the human cost, it is currently estimated that the economic...

Ukraine - Statement (15 May 2023)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: Like others, I congratulate the Government on all the support they are giving to Ukraine. My noble friend touched on war crimes. There has been much sexual violence perpetrated by Russian troops. The UK has been at the forefront of the preventing sexual violence in conflict initiative. Are we helping Ukraine with documenting war crimes so that eventually, people can be held to account for...

Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Russia: Ukraine ( 6 Mar 2023)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...Majesty's Government how they will ensure in their meeting of international justice ministers in March that (1) practical, and (2) financial, support is provided to ensure perpetrators of alleged war crimes against women and children in Ukraine are brought to justice.

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Russia: Ukraine ( 6 Mar 2023)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...they will seek to ensure effective collaboration between the International Criminal Court and all other (1) international, and (2) national, accountability mechanisms when investigating alleged war crimes against women and children in Ukraine.

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Russia: Ukraine ( 6 Mar 2023)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that survivors of all ages of war crimes in Ukraine, particularly sexual violence, are represented in discussions about the justice process for prosecuting war crimes in that country.

Official Development Assistance - Motion to Take Note (15 Dec 2022)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...movement, can the Minister undertake to look at UK funding to ensure that we redouble our efforts on rights-based access to family planning and delivering universal health coverage? We look forward to the international women and girls strategy next year, with its three Es of education, empowerment and ending violence, as the UK’s core agenda of promoting freedom and democracy cannot...

Women, Peace and Security Bill [HL] - Second Reading (28 Oct 2022)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...we heard yesterday, who reminded us that women are not just victims but agents for change. The noble Baroness, Lady Uddin, talked especially movingly about the widespread use of rape as a weapon of war and the situation in Bangladesh. She went on to talk about Rwanda, Bosnia, China, Burma—all these places where people have suffered so badly through sexual violence in conflict. The noble...

Women, Peace and Security Bill [HL] - Second Reading (28 Oct 2022)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...violence is rooted in gender inequality. It threatens the lives and well-being of girls and women and prevents them accessing opportunities fundamental to both freedom and development. In every war, there is horrific conflict-related sexual violence—from Myanmar to Iraq, from Ethiopia to the DRC. It ruins people’s lives, breaks up families and splits communities. I welcomed the Foreign...

Overseas Development Aid: Budget - Question for Short Debate (27 Oct 2021)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...input on women’s health, contraception, security, access to justice and women’s empowerment. Does the Minister agree that gender must remain central to our international development policy? War zones create poverty. The UK has led the world with its work around women, peace and security and the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative. They were always going to be a marathon,...

Charitable and Voluntary Sector - Motion to Take Note (30 Apr 2020)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...of developing countries’ public health systems, ensuring that they are truly accessible to the very poor? Some are calling this situation the worst humanitarian catastrophe since World War II. We need to help NGOs to provide emergency support to mitigate the effects in the world’s poorest countries, and we need to act now.

Queen’s Speech - Debate (2nd Day) (Continued) ( 7 Jan 2020)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...s world seems ever more precarious, with conflict and instability proliferating in so many places. Today, there are over 75 million displaced people in the world—more than at any time since World War II—with many trying to come to Europe. While we in the UK have spent much time looking inward, debating Brexit, this world has not become a safer place, as we have seen from the events in...

International Widows Day - Question for Short Debate (19 Jun 2019)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Loomba, for bringing forward this debate today, to highlight the important issue of widows in developing countries and to mark International Widows Day this year. I pay tribute to a friend and colleague, Margaret Owen of Widows for Peace through Democracy, who, through many years of determined work and tireless campaigning, got this issue on to the...

International Women’s Day - Motion to Take Note ( 7 Mar 2019)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative, launched by William Hague—now my noble friend Lord Hague—in 2012, brought to global attention the fact that rape is used today as a weapon of war. This initiative was always going to be a marathon, not a sprint, and we must ensure that focus on this important issue is not lost. Its relevance is seen in the conflicts raging today, with...

Conflict-affected Countries: Adolescent Girls - Question for Short Debate ( 8 Jan 2019)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...affects women and girls, and as Major General Patrick Cammaert, Deputy Force Commander of the UN Mission to the DRC in 2008, said: “It is now more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in modern wars”. While we talk about putting the needs of women and girls at the heart of development, they are not a homogenous group. Certain times of life, certain groups of women, may be in...

International Women’s Day: Progress on Global Gender Equality - Motion to Take Note ( 8 Mar 2018)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...the vote. It was an occasion to look back and see how far we have come. I welcome today’s debate, so ably introduced by my noble friend Lady Williams, which gives us an opportunity to look forward. There is still no country in the world where women are equal to men in political, economic and social terms. We are indeed lucky to live in a country with a Government dedicated to gender...

Iraq: Religious and Ethnic Minorities - Question for Short Debate (11 Jan 2018)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...a million refugees. Who can forget the terrible pictures on the news of the Yazidis having fled to Mount Sinjar? The targeting of Christians in Iraq predates Daesh. Some left after the first Gulf War, but there was a series of attacks on Christian communities as security broke down following the UK/US invasion. However, Daesh too has severely persecuted Christians, also recognised by the...

Queen’s Speech - Debate (2nd Day) (Continued) (22 Jun 2017)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...more important than ever that the UK safeguards national security as well as promotes global peace. Conflict today is no longer contained by national or even regional borders, and the lines between war and peace have become blurred, with western democracy threatened by terrorism on an increasingly regular basis. Globally, 20 million people are in danger of starvation: desperate people do...

International Women’s Day - Motion to Take Note ( 9 Mar 2017)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...on survivors, so I hope that the UK will continue to give a clear lead on this and encourage other countries to take similar action against it. In countries where women are already the poorest, war also creates millions of widows, who become the most neglected and vulnerable of all. This in turn affects the welfare of their children, denying them education and well-being, and has a...

Armed Forces: Capability - Motion to Take Note (12 Jan 2017)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...noble Lords. A consequence of this turmoil has been the refugee crisis; the UN estimates that there are approximately 65 million refugees across the world today, more than at any time since World War II, with thousands trying to come to Europe. It is hard to know exactly how wars will be fought in the years to come. As we have already heard, Russia again seems to be a threatening presence,...

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund - Question for Short Debate ( 2 Nov 2016)

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger: ...Database, there were 40 armed conflicts in 2015, causing 167,000 fatalities worldwide. Currently there are an estimated 65 million refugees in the world, more than at any other time since World War II. The huge waves of people trying to come to Europe has shocked us all. I visited the Jungle in the summer and was horrified by what I saw and the desperation of the people that I spoke to....


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