PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Nigeria (29 October 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what practical support her Department has provided to help women who were kidnapped and subsequently escaped from or were released by Boko Haram to deal with psychosocial trauma; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by:
Gareth Thomas (Labour)

In 2014 DFID doubled UK investment in north east Nigeria conflict resolution programmes to make communities safer. DFID’s Nigerian Stability and Reconstruction Programme is providing support to civil society organisations working on conflict management and on violence against women and girls. This includes offering support specifically to victims of sexual violence in Borno State.

Answered by:
Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat)
3 November 2014