Mr. Day, thank you for being here and for providing these reports.
I heard the presentation made by Dr. Soraya, the human rights commissioner, and I am going to refer to some of the things she said to ask you how you think we can change things.
She talked about a lot. She discussed the Sharia law, saying that it had been drafted solely by men, that women in Parliament were being pressured, that they were scared and that only one had voted against the law. She also said that further to UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the government had promised equality, but today, there are no women involved. She said that enemies had burned down schools and that girls were now afraid to go to school, that there were only elementary schools and that this is not what an education should be. Finally, she said that there was discrimination in the justice system. A woman cannot obtain a divorce on the grounds that her husband beats her. And there are no women in the Supreme Court.
In closing, I want to mention one thing that really struck me in her comments. She said that a lot of good had been accomplished and that she certainly did not want that to stop, but that more and more people were wondering whether they would live to see the next day.