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Secretary of State Visit
Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State for International Development, visited the University of Warwick on 1st May 2014 to deliver the first GRP International Development Annual Public Lecture.
The lecture was organised by the International Development GRP in conjunction with PAIS, The Faculty of Social Sciences and the Warwick in Westminster programme.
The event also featured an ‘international development marketplace’ – which used the Zeeman Street area to bring together relevant projects and initiatives from across the University.
The Secretary of State spoke on “The Girl Effect: Why tackling gender inequality can transform the developing world”. DfID’s strategy highlights four areas of intervention – maternal mortality, access to economic resources, education and prevention of violence against girls and women. DfID also supports women’s political empowerment strategies. How far has this strategy been successful? What are the challenges, especially in this time of a global economic crisis that girls and women in the global South continue to face?
You can read a transcript of Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP's speech here.
The event drew over 450 registrations, including 100+ from local alumni, school partners and regional stakeholders. Chris White MP was also in attendance.
The speech itself was well received, with Professor Shirin Rai of PAIS, one of the organisers, also introducing the event. Professor Stuart Croft, Provost of the University of Warwick, hosted the Q&A.
Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP has stated that she enjoyed the evening, was impressed with the University and, in particular, liked meeting our students and the school children from IGGY.
A slideshow of all the photographs from the event can be viewed here