Written question asked by Douglas Alexander (Labour) on Thursday, 18 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 January 2015. It was answered by Justine Greening (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 January 2015 on behalf of the Department for International Development.
Afghanistan
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department gives to the Afghan government to promote educational opportunities among women and girls in Afghanistan.
- Answer
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DFID is providing £48 million through its Girls Education Challenge Fund to enable some 180,000 girls in some of the poorest rural and hard to reach areas of Afghanistan to have better access to a quality education.
In addition to this funding the UK supported the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF), a World-Bank managed multi-donor fund, a proportion of which is used to support education.
In 2012/13 there were more than 2.5 million Afghan girls attending school compared to virtually no girls at school in 2001.
Secondary information
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- 219442
- Session
- 2014-15
- Subjects
- Women Education Afghanistan
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