Articles about Aid

4 November 2011
Zambia and Zimbabwe appear to reject gay rights “pressure” on aid 47 More signals emerge from African governments that they will refuse to enact gay rights in order to protect direct budget aid.
16 October 2011
Andrew Mitchell: UK will withhold aid from African countries with poor gay rights 48 Andrew Mitchell, the International development secretary has confirmed that the British government will withhold aid from countries with homophobic countries but denied that it will harm the most poor in those countries.
12 October 2011
Ghana gay rights leader urges UK government not to cut aid 51 The leader of Ghana's only gay rights group has urged the government not to cut aid to homophobic countries.
22 June 2011
David Cameron says UK will pressure Africa on gay rights 274 After kicking off his speech with a risqué joke about queens, prime minister David Cameron told guests at a Downing Street LGBT reception that the government would keep working on LGBT issues.
28 January 2010
Carol Ann Duffy to host ‘poetry Live Aid’ for Haiti 5 Carol Ann Duffy, the first bisexual poet laureate, is to host a 'poetry Live Aid' fundraiser for victims of the Haiti earthquake.
14 January 2010
MP suggests UK should cut aid to Uganda over anti-gay bill 16 A former Foreign Office minister has called for an audit into aid money granted to countries which "promote homophobia", such as Uganda.
15 December 2009
Gordon Brown ‘pushing for European recognition of British civil partnerships’ 28 Prime minister Gordon Brown has said he is pushing European countries such as Spain and France to recognise civil partnerships registered in Britain.
14 December 2009
UN officials says Uganda may lose AIDS research centre 5 Uganda may lose the chance to host a major AIDS research institution if its parliament passes a bill against homosexuality, a United Nations official has said.

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