I would like to thank Neena and Lady Aruna Paul for giving me the opportunity to be here today. Invest in women, Improve the world. ‘There’s a growing recognition among everyone from the World Bank to the U.S. military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff to aid organizations like CARE that focusing on women and girls is the most effective way [...]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
A GUEST POST BY STEPHENIE FOSTER Last month, I wrote about my work in Ghana with a group of women entrepreneurs. This month, I traveled to Uganda for a similar program sponsored by Vital Voices and the Exxon Mobil Foundation. In Uganda, we worked with the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL). Established in 1987, for [...]
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
My Lords, I welcome the gracious Speech and the speeches of noble Lords across the House who spoke yesterday. I want to mention a few items today: the Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill, Afghanistan, the international aid Bill and the G20. I declare an interest as patron of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland and a [...]
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
ALLEVIATING WORLD POVERTY
What: It is nearly five years since the G8 meeting in Gleneagles and the demonstration of millions of people from media stars, church leaders and members of the public to make poverty history.
Action to date: Five years on the figures are in. On debt relief, progress has been immense with 45 billion dollars delivered to the world poorest countries to assist with resources for health and education. The United Kingdom has delivered on its G8 promises of 2005.
What’s missing: Every minute a woman dies in childbirth somewhere in the world because of inadequate medical care and 72 million children remain out of school. It is important to put pressure on the other seven G8 countries to rise up to their promises. The missing 21 billion dollars could pay for every child to go to school and could save the lives of 2 million of the poorest mothers and children.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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