Foreign Affairs committee  I'm just going to echo Helen's comment about funding for women's organizations. I`d also like to come back to the issue at hand today, youth, with the demographics that we know are there. I was just talking with my colleague behind me about a visit he made to Benin where I worked

Foreign Affairs committee  I can't help but echo what my colleagues are saying. As we discussed briefly earlier, I'm a big fan of gender mainstreaming. A lot of people, a lot of feminists, work on gender mainstreaming, and we know it's absolutely critical. The danger always is that when you mainstream ge

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Your comments were very interesting in many respects. Oxfam is certainly known around the world for its actions and its expertise during humanitarian crises. As you may know, Oxfam Canada celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. From the beginning, we have

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm glad you asked about that. Unfortunately, I wouldn't say we are so up on the nutrition learning. We'd leave that to the Micronutrient Initiative.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. As you know, Oxfam works in about 90 countries. There was just a meeting of the executive directors of the Oxfam affiliates, of which there are 17 now, in Australia. They came out strongly in favour of resourcing for knowledge. Knowledge sharing and knowledge creation in Oxf

Foreign Affairs committee  Wow. You're asking me how? I know that integrating gender equality is a priority for the Government of Canada—formerly CIDA and now the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. This issue is a priority in programs, whether it has to do with humanitarian assistance,

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. As you know, the education of girls is extremely important. As I mentioned in my speech, some progress has clearly been made on this issue. The Government of Canada and other countries have made commitments to promote primary and secondary education for girl

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you so much. Honourable members, thank you very much for the opportunity to share some of Oxfam's experience in working with youth and children. At Oxfam we believe the definition of development must include the enjoyment of rights by all people. My remarks today will cent