I would just say that gender equality and women's rights have been championed extensively by Canada in the past, so definitely we have a comparative advantage there. I just returned to Canada about nine months ago from a four-year posting abroad, and in all of my conversations with government partners in the country I was in and with civil society partners, they always recognized the leadership role Canada has played in promoting gender equality and women's rights.
I think we need to build on that. That is not to say that we shouldn't work on other themes, but we are advocating for women's rights and gender equality to be at the centre of all we do, whether it be food security programming or climate change programming, or programming in other sectors.
There have also been some mechanisms in the past that have allowed civil society organizations, particularly women's rights organizations in the countries we work in, to access flexible funding from the Canadian government, such as the gender funds that were available until three or four years ago. These are valuable resources for civil society organizations that are doing front-line work in promoting gender equality and women's rights, and we would advocate for the reinstatement of such flexible funding mechanisms.