Girls’ Education Covid-19 2021-03-02
2021-03-02
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The MP is concerned about ensuring that every girl receives a quality education.
What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that every girl receives 12 years of quality education. The theme for International Women's Day is 'Choose to Challenge'. Only 66% of countries have achieved gender parity in primary education, falling to only 25% by upper secondary education.
Over the past five years, UK aid has helped 8 million girls get a decent education. The global ambition is to ensure that 40 million girls have 12 years of quality education by 2026.
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The theme for International Women's Day is 'Choose to Challenge'. According to UNICEF, only 66% of countries have achieved gender parity in primary education, falling to only 25% by upper secondary education.
Will the Secretary of State reassure me that he will continue working with his international counterparts to ensure that girls do not fall further behind as a result of the pandemic and break down real barriers to girls' education?
Not only do we have a target of 40 million girls getting 12 years of education, but we want 20 million girls to become literate by the age of 10. In July this year, Kenya will co-host a major summit with us to progress these goals.
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UK has world leadership on issues like modern slavery, preventing gender-based violence, and stopping Ebola from becoming a global pandemic.
Will the Foreign Secretary confirm his commitment to maintaining overseas development spending on important issues such as girls' education?
Girls' education is a top priority to safeguard. The Prime Minister has appointed the Member for Maidstone and The Weald as the special envoy on girls' education, adding convening power with joint summit hosting.
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Educating girls is a foreign policy priority for the UK. G7 presidency offers an opportunity to encourage others to do the same.
Can my right hon. Friend tell me how much ODA spending he will commit to girls' education this year?
Money is being safeguarded and published in the normal way through formal channels in the autumn. The Prime Minister's special envoy has been appointed, and G7 presidency ensures this issue remains at the top of the international agenda.
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Specific funding amount not provided
Published Formally
Autumn Publication
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UK cut funding to Yemen by 60%, despite previous commitment to prioritizing humanitarian crises.
Does the Foreign Secretary agree that his Government's actions have shown our allies and detractors that his word cannot be trusted?
The UK has been between the third and fifth highest donors into Yemen over the last five years. We have provided more than £1 billion of funding since the conflict began, supporting efforts to find peace there.
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Agreement on word trustworthiness not explicitly given
Third And Fifth Highest Donors
Supporting Martin Griffiths
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The UK is the only G7 nation to cut aid. The US and France have increased their support for the world's poorest.
Will the Foreign Secretary immediately publish all the details of the cuts made in 2020 and those projected for 2021? Will he explain his priorities?
Allocations are published formally in the normal way. The new UK aid pledge of £87 million will feed an additional 240,000 vulnerable Yemenis every month, support 400 health clinics and provide clean water for 1.6 million people.
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Immediate publication not confirmed
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FGM affects many girls across the world, including Nigeria. Recently, girls were released from Zamfara state after being kidnapped.
I welcome the commitment to women's and girls' education but note that female genital mutilation hinders their education in many parts of the world. I welcome the release of girls from Zamfara state recently, but will the Foreign Secretary raise with the Nigerian Government the likelihood that 14 million girls will go through FGM by 2030?
I join him in welcoming the release of kidnapped girls and acknowledge his passionate raising of FGM. We have been leaders in calling out FGM and working with African Governments to end this practice, including in Nigeria.
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The likelihood that 14 million girls will go through FGM by 2030 was not directly addressed.
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