INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND MICROFINANCE

EDM number 1764 in 2005-06, proposed by Annette Brooke on 07/03/2006.

That this House acknowledges the significant impact that microfinance loans have on women and their families in the developing world; congratulates the vital work of Opportunity International and other organisations in their commitment to supporting microfinance facilities and business training for poor but entrepreneurial women; recognises that over 37 million women have already gained access to finance due to microfinance projects but that many more remain financially excluded; notes that women are highly motivated savers and where microfinance programmes exist, especially within the credit union framework, they repay their loans at a very high rate as well as re-investing their income on their families, particularly children; especially welcomes the importance of microfinance in meeting the Millennium Development Goals; further notes that microfinance reduces hunger and poverty, has been shown to widen access to education as women invest in their children's education and improves the health and nutrition of women and children; welcomes the fact that microfinance empowers women to be more involved in family and community decisions; and on International Women's Day wishes to promote microfinance as a tool to improve gender equality and increase sustainable development.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Annette Brooke	07/03/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	07/03/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	08/03/2006	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	08/03/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Gregory Campbell	08/03/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Seconded
Paul Holmes	08/03/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Rudi Vis	08/03/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/03/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/03/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	08/03/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/03/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	09/03/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/03/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	09/03/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/03/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	09/03/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
David Heath	09/03/2006	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	10/03/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	10/03/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
John Leech	10/03/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/03/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	13/03/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/03/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	13/03/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Bob Spink	13/03/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Sammy Wilson	14/03/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/03/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	15/03/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	15/03/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	15/03/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	15/03/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	16/03/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	16/03/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	16/03/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	16/03/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/03/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	16/03/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	17/03/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	20/03/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	20/03/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	20/03/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mark Williams	21/03/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	21/03/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	22/03/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/04/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/04/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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