UK’s Development Work (Girls and Women) Debate
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Andrew Jones
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(11 years, 2 months ago)
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Justine Greening
I suspect that it will be women-led, although there will be no absolute bar on men being involved.
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (Con)
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her excellent and very encouraging statement. Does she welcome the warm endorsement that Kate Allen, the head of Amnesty International, gave to the Government’s policies on women and girls on Monday?
Justine Greening
Yes, I was delighted by that. It was very good of Amnesty to allow me to make my speech at its headquarters here in London. Amnesty has been pressing us for some time to focus more strategically on the work that we are doing, particularly on women and girls in Afghanistan, and I was pleased to be able to set those policies out to Kate on Monday.