Status of Women committee  As the minister mentioned, we have worked with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. We pointed out to their representatives the tools available to conduct a comparative analysis within their organization for various processes, including the recruitment and promotion of women. In

Status of Women committee  Linda knows them better than I do.

Status of Women committee  I would say a lot of the groups that are more mainstream and are working.... For example, groups in schools, like METRAC in Toronto, ensure they have staff on their council who are representative of the different communities so they at least have input from individuals who come f

Status of Women committee  It's a platform to permit organizations and individuals to focus attention and bring visibility to issues and opportunities for girls.

Status of Women committee  There are no specifics that have been identified at this point.

Status of Women committee  We're speaking to organizations. We want to make sure that we will speak to young girls, so we're doing some consultations. We're going to do some work with some experts to see what would be the best approach and have some discussions with our minister on the different possibilit

Status of Women committee  We would not be approaching girls in those communities directly. We would not pretend to have the expertise or the knowledge of the various cultures to understand those limitations and what would be culturally sensitive. That's why all of our work is done through NGOs. We have id

Status of Women committee  Initially, one NGO in Canada was particularly involved on this file, Plan Canada International. It was part of an international movement called "Because I Am A Girl". They had brought together the efforts and the energies of girls around the world in trying to draw attention t

Status of Women committee  I don't have specifics. I'd have to come back to the committee with how large they are, but Plan Canada works predominantly on the international front. They are a long-time partner of CIDA on a number of projects in developing countries. They also work a great deal with young gir

Status of Women committee  There isn't one specific goal identified with the International Day of the Girl Child. The goals are supposed to be determined based on the issues that are most pressing in the states where they are marking that day. In a developing country, for example, the goal could be as basi

Status of Women committee  As a result of the work that has been done by the auditor general and by the parliamentary committees that looked into that data and the main facts of the study, we can say that this commitment was communicated in a very forceful way. The central agencies have understood their re

Status of Women committee  And we do have projects across the country, which is wonderful.

Status of Women committee  Actually, we don't work directly with schools or school boards. You have to have a non-governmental organization within the community that works with the school. One of the things we've also implemented with our calls is a requirement for the organizations to share the work they'

Status of Women committee  There's no shortage of organizations and communities that know there's an issue to be addressed. There's a problem in the community. What's difficult is trying to get the right people at the same table. It's hard to pool resources, effort, and knowledge in a way that allows us to

Status of Women committee  The mandate of our organization has not changed since the 1970s, when, as a result of the order in council, our organization was established. The mandate is to co-ordinate policies that relate to equality in the federal family. The women's program has terms and conditions. Any t