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Tackling violence against women in Burma

Posted by: Lynne Featherstone, Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Overseas, Posted on: 19 January 2015 - Categories: Asia, Girls & Women

Last week I spent 2 days in Burma, the last foreign country I will have visited as the UK's champion for tackling violence against women and girls overseas. And what a fascinating 2 days it was meeting Burmese civil society …

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Aid in troubled times

Posted by: Paul Collier, Posted on: 2 July 2012 - Categories: Development Debates

At a time of national austerity and global alarm, sources of pride and international affection for Britain are particularly valuable. Earlier this month ordinary British people took pride in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, and this was matched by a global …

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Getting the right results for the world's poorest people

Posted by: Minouche Shafik, Posted on: 12 April 2011 - Categories: Development Debates

There is never a quiet moment in development, but the last nine months in DFID have been particularly intense. As will be apparent to anyone who reads the UK's Bilateral and Multilateral Aid Reviews, the amount of work that these …

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