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To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department plans to take to meet its objective of (a) working towards changing social norms that constrain women's choice and control over resources and (b) helping young women resist early and forced marriage in developing countries.

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Alex Cunningham (Labour)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Date
18 July 2011
Reference
66122; 531 c673-4W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he plans to encourage countries in receipt of financial support from his Department to (a) set and enforce a minimum legal age of marriage and (b) reduce the proportion of women who marry before the age of 18 years.

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Alex Cunningham (Labour)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Date
18 July 2011
Reference
66124; 531 c674W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make representations to the Government of (a) Mali, (b) Benin, (c) Burkino Faso and (d) Niger on (i) raising the minimum legal age of marriage for women and (ii) setting equal minimum ages of marriage for men and...

Asked by
Alex Cunningham (Labour)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Date
18 July 2011
Reference
66125; 531 c670W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he plans to take to reduce the incidence of early and forced marriage in developing countries.

Asked by
Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 July 2011
Reference
64151; 531 c519W
House
House of Commons