PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
World Humanitarian Summit: Girls (19 April 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will take steps to ensure that protection and empowerment of girls is given equal priority to that of women at the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016.
Asked by:
Imran Hussain (Labour)
Asked by:
Imran Hussain (Labour)
Answer
It is a priority of the UK to secure Summit outcomes that promote the protection and empowerment of both women and girls, strengthening their voices, choice and control in crisis settings. Women and girls share equal status within that priority.
Answered by:
Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
25 April 2016
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