Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage has today joined her fellow female MPs in backing the international #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
The campaign was launched in response to the devastating kidnap of Nigerian schoolgirls last month and has garnered support from across the globe, including the US First Lady, Michelle Obama. Today, Caroline and female MPs from all parties came together to express their own support for the campaign by taking part in a photocall on the Parliamentary estate.
The photocall follows a joint statement released last week and signed by 49 female MPs, including Caroline:
"We, as female MPs, stand with women worldwide in condemning in the strongest possible terms the sickening crimes being perpetrated against schoolgirls in northern Nigeria. The brutal treatment of girls seeking an education – a right we take for granted for our daughters – demonstrates the cruelty and immorality of this group.
We welcome the work the Government has done already and support continuing work with the Nigerian authorities and international partners to help bring an end to this heartbreaking situation and reunite these girls with their families as soon as possible."
Caroline commented further:
"This abominable act of terrorism has sent shockwaves around the world. I am pleased to be supporting the #BringBackOurGirls campaign which has put the spotlight on women's rights to education across the world."
