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If society doesn't treat women as equal - they won't be

Posted by: Paul Healey, Head of Profession Social Development, Posted on: 19 September 2014 - Categories: Girls & Women
Girls and women everywhere have the right to live free from violence and discrimination. Picture: Jessica Lea/Department for International Development

I am the new Head of Profession for Social Development at DFID. I will be using this space to highlight new research, policy and ideas for social development that are brewing in DFID and worldwide. This week I am going …

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The Washington Consensus

Posted by: Ian Attfield, Education Adviser, Posted on: 11 December 2013 - Categories: Education, Tanzania

I'm at home today (December 9th), as Tanzania celebrates Uhuru Day, the anniversary of Tanganyika's independence in 1961 from the UK. This year however the event has been tinged with sadness as the news of Nelson Mandela's death reverberated around …

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A new way to swim – conventional or green growth?

Posted by: Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, Posted on: 21 December 2011 - Categories: Climate Change

The end of the year is always a time for reflecting on what has gone well and hasn't: 2011 has been my first full year at DFID, working on the topic of green growth – one of the hottest issues …

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Wouldn't you want to mill your own flour?

Posted by: Vicky Seymour, Posted on: 15 May 2009 - Categories: Climate Change

So today it was my turn in the climate change hot seat here at the World Bank in Washington. The highlight of my day was being able to approve an exciting new programme called Scaling-up Renewable Energy (SREP). SREP will focus on …

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From the front line to the political front

Posted by: Vicky Seymour, Posted on: 14 May 2009 - Categories: Climate Change

Talk about a rollercoaster of a start to a new job...  I thought coming back from Afghanistan would mean a period of relative relaxation.  How wrong I was!  Climate change is where it's at. My first couple of months have …

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