PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Developing Countries: Women's Rights (2 July 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that projects that her Department co-designs and co-funds with the Department for International Trade promote women’s rights in UK trade with developing countries after the UK leaves the EU.

Asked by:
Sarah Champion (Labour)

The UK is committed to promoting the economic empowerment of all women and recognises trade as an important lever for equality. DFID has been at the forefront of supporting the Department for International Trade to deliver on the UK’s commitment to a gender-responsive approach to trade once we leave the EU. The Prime Minister recently announced the SheTrades Commonwealth programme, which will enhance the competitiveness of women entrepreneurs in a number of Commonwealth developing countries, connecting them to markets and opportunities in the UK and the rest of the world.

Answered by:
Alistair Burt (Conservative)
9 July 2018