Statement / submitted by ActionAid, Associated Country Women of the World, Christian Aid, Global Fund for Widows, Guild of Service, HelpAge International, International Federation of Business and Professional Women, Mother’s Union, National Alliance of Women’s Organizations, National Board of Catholic Women of England and Wales, National Council of Women in Great Britain, Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform, Practical Action, Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) Limited, Tearfund, The Law Society, United Kingdom Association for the United Nations Development Fund for Women, Wales Assembly of Women, Widows Rights International, Widows for Peace through Democracy, Womankind Worldwide and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts