CONCERN'S UNHEARD VOICES - WOMEN CAN'T WAIT CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 1155, tabled 22 March 2010 by Mark Durkan (Social Democratic and Labour Party). Signed by 70 members.

That this House supports the Unheard Voices - Women Can't Wait campaign by Concern Worldwide aimed at sending a clear message to the UN Summit in September 2010 to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals; notes the case made that of over one billion people now going to bed hungry every night at least 60 per cent. are women, despite the fact that they produce the majority of food in developing countries; further notes that women work two-thirds of the world's working hours, produce more than half of the world's food but only earn 10 per cent. of the world's income; agrees that women play a vital but unrecognised role in the fight against hunger; recognises the need for the UN and world leaders to act now to deliver support to poor women in the fight against hunger; and calls on them to do so, by listening to poor women's voices, developing gender-sensitive policy and programmes and by ensuring that funding and other support measures reach them.

Signatures by party: Labour 42, Liberal Democrat 12, Scottish National Party 4, Conservative 3, DUP 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Independent 1, Independent Labour 1, Respect 1.