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Violence Against Women And Girls And The Sustainable Development Agenda
Margaret Ritchie
2016-06-08
That this House is deeply concerned that violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread violations of human rights and that a third of all women and girls will face violence in their lifetime; notes the detrimental impact that VAWG has on individual women, their dependants, their communities and society as a whole; further notes that women in minority groups, such as LGBTI women and migrant women, and women living in poverty, are at a particular risk of experiencing violence; welcomes the Sustainable Target Goal (STG) 5.2, which sets a target for the elimination of VAWG in the context of the overall goal of gender equality; recognises the vital role that women's rights organisations play in meeting the targets specified by STG 5.2 and in ending gender discrimination more widely; regrets that women's rights organisations currently receive less than one per cent of the UK aid money for gender equality; supports Action Aid's Fearless campaign, which calls on the Government to dedicate a further £70 million from the existing aid budget to women's rights organisations by 2019; and urges the Government to commit to providing these additional funds to women's rights organisations to enable them to work to end VAWG.
Crimes of violence
Equality
Human rights
International development
Margaret Ritchie
2016-06-08
Proposed
South Down
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mark Durkan
2016-06-08
Seconded
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Bottomley
2016-06-08
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
Alison Thewliss
2016-06-08
Seconded
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
Jim Cunningham
2016-06-08
Seconded
Coventry South
Labour
Deidre Brock
2016-06-09
Seconded
Edinburgh North and Leith
Scottish National Party
Jonathan Edwards
2016-06-09
Signed
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
John McNally
2016-06-09
Signed
Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Jim Shannon
2016-06-09
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Stuart Donaldson
2016-06-13
Signed
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish National Party
Gavin Robinson
2016-06-13
Signed
Belfast East
DUP
Martyn Day
2016-06-13
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Chris Stephens
2016-06-13
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Paul Monaghan
2016-06-13
Signed
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish National Party
Angus MacNeil
2016-06-13
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
Margaret Ferrier
2016-06-13
Signed
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Scottish National Party
Mhairi Black
2016-06-13
Signed
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Scottish National Party
Kelvin Hopkins
2016-06-13
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Keith Vaz
2016-06-13
Signed
Leicester East
Labour
David Simpson
2016-06-14
Signed
Upper Bann
DUP
Angela Crawley
2016-06-14
Signed
Lanark and Hamilton East
Scottish National Party
Natalie McGarry
2016-06-14
Signed
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Patrick Grady
2016-06-14
Signed
Glasgow North
Scottish National Party
Mary Glindon
2016-06-14
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Liz Saville Roberts
2016-06-14
Signed
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
Caroline Lucas
2016-06-15
Signed
Brighton, Pavilion
Green
Carol Monaghan
2016-06-15
Signed
Glasgow North West
Scottish National Party
Hannah Bardell
2016-06-15
Signed
Livingston
Scottish National Party
Neil Gray
2016-06-15
Signed
Airdrie and Shotts
Scottish National Party
Roger Godsiff
2016-06-15
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Alasdair McDonnell
2016-06-15
Signed
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Stephen Gethins
2016-06-15
Signed
North East Fife
Scottish National Party
John Nicolson
2016-06-20
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Joanna Cherry
2016-06-20
Signed
Edinburgh South West
Scottish National Party
Alan Brown
2016-06-27
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Tasmina Sheikh
2016-07-04
Signed
Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Phil Boswell
2016-07-13
Signed
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Scottish National Party
Yasmin Qureshi
2016-07-19
Signed
Bolton South East
Labour