United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 97013
Sub-Saharan Africa: Famine
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29 September 2020
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7 October 2020 · Answer
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7 October 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of food shortages and famine in Sub-Saharan Africa on women and girls in that region.
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29 September 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of food shortages and famine in Sub-Saharan Africa on women and girls in that region.
Source: Commons
7 October 2020
Answer
We are closely monitoring the food security situation in sub-Saharan Africa, where over 72 million people are estimated to be in crisis levels of food insecurity, with women and girls disproportionately affected. Climate shocks, an unprecedented locust ou...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-29/97013
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1238701
- uk · wq-1238701 · source updated 7 October 2020