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Written question asked by Mark Lazarowicz (Labour) on Thursday, 22 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 January 2015. It was answered by Desmond Swayne (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 January 2015 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Nigeria

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to provide support for the education of girls and young women in conflict-affected areas of Northern Nigeria.

Answer

DFID has a number of large education programmes across northern Nigeria, the risks to which are being actively managed to ensure that we can still get 800,000 more children into better quality primary schools by 2015.

The UK has also committed £1 million to the Nigerian Government’s “Safe Schools Initiative” to help protect children at school in north east Nigeria and provide schooling to children displaced by the violence.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
221728
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Armed conflict Development aid Women Education Nigeria
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk