Malawi: Urgent support for vital health projectsToday the British Government announced urgent support for the Malawian health system to prevent the cancellation of vital vaccination and bed net programmes
DFID : News Stories
Retrieved: Tue, May 22, 2012
Fair trade: Andrew Mitchell backs trade and growthDFID engagement with the private sector supports work to bring commercial and development objectives together in private sector activity. Fairtrade and fair trade approaches contribute to this area of work.
DFID : News Stories
Retrieved: Tue, May 22, 2012
MDGs: Prime Minister to co-chair UN panel on developmentThe Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has asked the Prime Minister, President Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia and President Yudhoyono of Indonesia to co-chair the High Level Panel on post-Millennium Development Goals
DFID : News Stories
Retrieved: Tue, May 22, 2012
Soccer Aid, UNICEF and UK aid: the power to save children’s livesITV1's Soccer Aid match will be shown live from 6pm on Sunday May 27th. For more information on UNICEF and tickets to Soccer Aid go to www.itv.com/socceraid. All donations to Soccer Aid will be matched pound for pound by the British Government. When UNICEF asked me to get involved with Soccer Aid and suggested...
DFID Bloggers
Retrieved: Tue, May 22, 2012
The Multilateral Aid Review – what next?DFID spends over 40% of its annual programme budget through multilateral organisations, including the United Nations, World Bank and European Union - on everything from peacekeeping and responding to humanitarian disasters, to delivering education, immunisation and infrastructure programmes. It is vital that we hold...
DFID Bloggers
Retrieved: Mon, May 21, 2012
Culture and the Arts, a powerful means to foster women’s rightsOn the International Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (21May), a look at how different forms of culture and performing arts are addressing development issues such as ending violence against women, women’s economic empowerment and women’s leadership. Addressing...
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Mon, May 21, 2012
St Helena: Mitchell meets Swindon 'Saints'International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell today met diaspora ‘Saints’ – people from St Helena who are currently living in the UK - in Swindon
DFID : News Stories
Retrieved: Sat, May 19, 2012
UN Women Executive Director visits France to strengthen global partnerships for equalityWill highlight women’s economic empowerment, political participation and ending violence against women as catalysts for sustainable growth and development 18th May — Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet will travel to France next week to strengthen global partnerships for...
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Fri, May 18, 2012
Converting solid waste into bio-gas in the communities of NepalFor some, 1992 marked the beginning of new possibilities in Nepal. That year, 16 housewives in the Kathmandu valley saw something that no one in the community had seen before: the wealth hidden behind solid waste. WEPCO – Women’s Committee for the Preservation of the Environment- was born. Since then, WEPCO has...
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Fri, May 18, 2012
Food: Britain to help Africa on supply and nutritionBritain will improve food supply and farming across Africa to help pull 50 million people out of chronic poverty over the next ten years in conjunction with the private sector
DFID : News Stories
Retrieved: Fri, May 18, 2012
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