Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jan. 26 2024

Source Page: Women’s economic empowerment and climate change: an update to the WOW targeted guidance 3 primer
Document: Women’s economic empowerment and climate change: an update to the WOW targeted guidance 3 primer, June 2023 (PDF)

Found: traditional gender roles in the family (Fangen and Skjelsbaek 2021) and the rise of authoritarianism closes civic

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Commons Chamber
High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Gavin Robinson (DUP - Belfast East) It has been totally transformed as an amazing civic space that celebrates C. S. - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) For example, Alsager in my constituency had two banks and two building societies but now has none. - Speech Link

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Commons Chamber
Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 19 Jan 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: George Freeman (Con - Mid Norfolk) the very best of old Labour, this is also, if I may say so, the very best of civic conservatism. - Speech Link
2: Jo Gideon (Con - Stoke-on-Trent Central) He is absolutely right about the importance of civic activity and community-based financial services, - Speech Link

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Westminster Hall
Online Filter Bubbles: Misinformation and Disinformation - Tue 16 Jan 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: John Penrose (Con - Weston-super-Mare) It means that societies as a whole become much more brittle and more divided, and it is much harder for - Speech Link
2: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) foreign powers have used prominent social media platforms to seek to influence elections and disrupt civic - Speech Link
3: Damian Collins (Con - Folkestone and Hythe) The platforms downgraded what they call civic groups, which are the friends and family groups that are - Speech Link

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Select Committee

Carnegie Europe, and International Alert

Oral Evidence Jan. 10 2024

Committee: International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: negotiation process for decades, so it is extremely welcome and a great motivational impetus for the societies

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Select Committee

London Wildlife Trust

UGS0073 - Urban Green Spaces

Written Evidence Jan. 09 2024

Inquiry: Urban Green Spaces
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: There are also long-established civic societies and ‘friends of’ parks groups which are quick to speak

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Westminster Hall
Antisemitic Offences - Tue 09 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Nicola Richards (Con - West Bromwich East) University societies have championed “the resistance”, glorified Palestinian “martyrs” and denied the - Speech Link
2: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) [Laughter.]Scotland’s Jewish community plays a very important part in our country and civic life, along - Speech Link

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