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Can we dare hope for peace at last in Eastern DRC?

Lord McConnell

The apparently never ending cycles of violence in and around the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been followed (always ‘followed’ unfortunately) by cycles of international interest that have failed to deliver change and build a permanent peace. Can the latest international effort really be different? Can we dare to hope for…

The woman question

Baroness Deech

The last few days have seen a number of women’s issues raised, as International Women’s Day and Mothering Sunday were marked.  It has all been rather gloomy.  In the Lords on Thursday last, there were three questions about women.  The first was about women and sport, where it seemed that sport for women was either diminishingly…