Speeches by Rushworth.

“What kind of cases? Can you give an example of the kind of cases that would be brought to the attention of the Taliban?”

“Thank you both for your frankness and courage and how you are expressing yourselves. I feel deeply ashamed of our Government’s position on the students. I am trying to find some hope in a difficult situation. I am interested in where the cracks are and the degree to which the Taliban’s gender apartheid ideology is wide…”

“We heard from a previous panel about the situation for women and girls, both in accessing healthcare, with the fact that women often have to speak to medics through the intermediary of a man, and in practising health care, due to the denial of education to girls and in the example of a practising midwife who is having …”

“Can I just check something else? I suspect I know the answer to this, and it is possibly a question I should have asked the previous panel, but to what extent are the Taliban willing to accept education in the home like this? I appreciate they banned it in the public sphere, but is there an active resistance? Do people…”

“Are there any male allies? Are there any spaces where resistance can be mounted in a safe way or at least, despite what the law says, beyond the gaze of authorities?”

“What kind of cases? Can you give an example of the kind of cases that would be brought to the attention of the Taliban?”

“Thank you both for your frankness and courage and how you are expressing yourselves. I feel deeply ashamed of our Government’s position on the students. I am trying to find some hope in a difficult situation. I am interested in where the cracks are and the degree to which the Taliban’s gender apartheid ideology is wide…”

“How big is that minority?”

“Anouschka, you said that the public has an exaggerated view of aid, and many think it is 10 times more than it actually is. What is their view of the direction of travel? What is the awareness that the current Government have cut international aid significantly?”

“Moving the conversation on to the use of multilaterals, we have heard evidence that they can play a crucial role in aggregating climate investments. We have also heard that they can be overly bureaucratic, very centralised and sometimes unresponsive to local needs. How will you ensure that what we are spending through …”

“It is not just smaller organisations and local communities. Women and girls and other marginalised groups face particular barriers to accessing climate finance. What is the FCDO doing to make sure that they are not excluded?”

“Is there a concerted effort by the UK and allies to do that? How does that work? Do we as the United Kingdom engage with like-minded countries and then take a joint approach to the multilaterals? Can you talk to us about how that works?”

“Have you considered ringfencing funds specifically for women and girls, marginalised groups and smaller countries?”

“It is not just smaller organisations and local communities. Women and girls and other marginalised groups face particular barriers to accessing climate finance. What is the FCDO doing to make sure that they are not excluded?”

“Are there any frustrations? Are there things that we are pushing for and just cannot get?”

“My question is about the size of the organisations. We often find that smaller organisations are saying that they struggle to get the finance. What is the FCDO doing to address that problem?”

“I do sometimes wonder whether, when there are those frustrations, we do not wish that we had a bit more of a bilateral budget in some of those relationships.”

“To an extent, the UK’s influence depends on the changing shape of alliances, particularly with other European countries. Is there a mechanism for scrutiny and oversight from the UK’s perspective to ensure that the finance is reaching the people most in need?”

“To an extent, the UK’s influence depends on the changing shape of alliances, particularly with other European countries. Is there a mechanism for scrutiny and oversight from the UK’s perspective to ensure that the finance is reaching the people most in need?”

“Are there any frustrations? Are there things that we are pushing for and just cannot get?”