International Development written question – answered at on 27 January 2011.
Cathy Jamieson
Labour, Kilmarnock and Loudoun
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he plans to take to support women and girls and reduce gender inequality after the expiry of his Department's Gender Equality Action Plan in March 2011.
Stephen O'Brien
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development
The Department for International Development's (DFID's) business plan sets out how we will lead international action to improve the lives of girls and women in the period 2011-15 including by:
improving maternal health and access to family planning; increasing the number of girls completing primary and secondary education; promoting their economic empowerment through jobs and access to financial services; and tackling violence against women and girls.
DFID's business plan is available on the No. 10 website and in the Library of the House.
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