Extract from Commons
debate on the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
(Hornsey and Wood Green)
(Lab):...Organisations in my constituency of Hornsey and Wood
Green jumped at the chance to participate in the Queen’s Green
Canopy project for Her late Majesty’s diamond jubilee, inspired
by the fact that organisations throughout the Commonwealth were
similarly committed to that project to increase tree cover—a
vital step in tackling climate change in far-off places such as
Pakistan and Bangladesh
which are so regularly subject to intense changes in climate. The
current head of the Commonwealth, His Majesty the King, has
dedicated his life to the issue of climate change, and I am sure
he will continue to champion that...
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Extract from Lords QSD
on International Widows Day
(CB):...Widows are also
regularly accused of killing their husbands—including by
transmitting HIV/AIDS—in India, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and
sub-Saharan Africa. Systematic seizure of property and evictions
by the late husband’s family remain widespread in 18 African
countries as well as in Bangladesh
and India...
(Lab):...We have
heard in previous debates and Questions about how the FCDO’s new
international women and girls strategy will support grass-roots,
women-led civil society organisations to reach out to the most
marginalised women and girls. One aspect which I am keen for the
Minister to reply on is how that civil society reaches out to
organised women’s groups and in particular trade unions, which
have been active, particularly in Bangladesh
in supporting widows into work. It would be good to hear from the
Minister on that...
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