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14 Jan 20
In Sri Lanka, efforts need to be made to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for girls to support their employment potential, writes the Asian Development Bank’s Uzma...
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11 Apr 19
Britain’s international development secretary has put herself at odds with efforts by the US to erode abortion rights.
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7 Mar 19
The UK has announced it will give £2m aid support to organisations around the world as part of a campaign to end period poverty.
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24 Apr 18
The UK has urged global leaders to support a pledge to give the world’s most marginalised girls 12 years of ‘good quality’ education.
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19 Sep 17
The United Nations Population Fund is seeking $13m to provide reproductive health care and prevention against gender-based violence to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
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19 Sep 17
A global initiative to achieve “equal pay for equal work” and increase women’s pay across the world was launched at the UN General Assembly yesterday.
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9 Jul 17
The world must respond to child marriage and adolescent pregnancy with the same urgency it showed in the fight against HIV, the Overseas Development Institute has warned.
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17 May 17
The US has significantly expanded its policy of refusing aid to organisations that provide abortion or offer advice and information on it. It will now affect $8.8bn worth of funding rather than $600m...
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24 Jan 17
US president Donald Trump has blocked US aid to foreign organisations that promote or perform abortions overseas, continuing a rapid-fire first week in office that has also seen him pull America out...
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9 Jan 17
An NGO that uses multimedia to champion girls’ rights has lost UK aid funding after being targeted with criticism by the country's press.
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16 Dec 16
UK aid is falling short in its ambition to educate the poorest and most vulnerable girls, with programmes missing their original objectives and sometimes abandoning targets focused on girls...
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7 Jul 16
The UK has today announced £100m worth of funding toward ensuring 175,000 of the world’s poorest, most marginalised girls receive an education.
14 Jan 20In Sri Lanka, efforts need to be made to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for girls to support their employment potential, writes the Asian Development Bank’s Uzma...
11 Apr 19Britain’s international development secretary has put herself at odds with efforts by the US to erode abortion rights.
7 Mar 19The UK has announced it will give £2m aid support to organisations around the world as part of a campaign to end period poverty.
24 Apr 18The UK has urged global leaders to support a pledge to give the world’s most marginalised girls 12 years of ‘good quality’ education.
19 Sep 17The United Nations Population Fund is seeking $13m to provide reproductive health care and prevention against gender-based violence to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
19 Sep 17A global initiative to achieve “equal pay for equal work” and increase women’s pay across the world was launched at the UN General Assembly yesterday.
9 Jul 17The world must respond to child marriage and adolescent pregnancy with the same urgency it showed in the fight against HIV, the Overseas Development Institute has warned.
24 Jan 17US president Donald Trump has blocked US aid to foreign organisations that promote or perform abortions overseas, continuing a rapid-fire first week in office that has also seen him pull America out...
9 Jan 17An NGO that uses multimedia to champion girls’ rights has lost UK aid funding after being targeted with criticism by the country's press.
16 Dec 16UK aid is falling short in its ambition to educate the poorest and most vulnerable girls, with programmes missing their original objectives and sometimes abandoning targets focused on girls...
