At this year’s Labour Party Conference, CGP hosted two public panels and one private roundtable, bringing together the Minister for International Development, the Minister for Europe and North America, parliamentarians from the Foreign Affairs and Defence Select Committees, and development partners. The discussions explored the UK’s role in global development amid profound global and domestic challenges.

On Monday 22nd September the Coalition for Global Prosperity hosted a private dinner at Liberal Democrat Party Conference titled Rethinking Global Leadership: Defence, Development and Diplomacy. This dinner gave Liberal Democrat parliamentarians and policymakers the opportunity to discuss a Liberal vision for international development as a key pillar of British foreign policy.

‘Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.’ These words of Confucius, over two millennia ago, remain profoundly relevant today. Yet, the UK Government appears not to have heeded them, following its decision to prematurely end a girls’ education programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

On 2nd September, the Coalition hosted a breakfast roundtable discussion on the future of Ukraine's children with Joe Powell MP (the Member for Kensington & Bayswater) in collaboration with St Mary’s Ukrainian School. The discussion explored how identity, trauma and rebuilding are key elements to the lived experience of young Ukrainians both residing in the UK and in Ukraine.

As the UK marks ten years since the Modern Slavery Act was passed, the nature of modern slavery is shifting. Conflict, climate shocks, economic instability, and the rise of new trafficking networks are creating fresh challenges, and demanding an urgent policy response.

In a time of increasing geopolitical tensions and a consistent infringement of democratic freedoms, the importance of children’s education falls further and further on the national and international agendas in place of much needed security and political matters. 

Even so, it cannot be denied that all children deserve a thorough and comprehensive education regardless of where they are in the world. As we commemorate the Day of the African Child, the need for action is greater now than ever.