Peter Fonseca at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On February 25th, 2021. See this statement in context.

February 25th, 2021 / 4:20 p.m.

Liberal

Peter Fonseca Liberal Mississauga East—Cooksville, ON

Thank you, Chair.

Let me thank the witnesses for the tremendous work they do. We are all so impressed by everything you are able to accomplish.

I'm going to go along the same line of questioning Mr. Genuis just brought up.

We've heard from many other witnesses about wrap-around services and how important education is, in particular health and reproductive health rights education. When young women and girls go to school, I'm sure they get this education about their own bodies, about choice, also about nutrition and being able to get food. We heard from CODE, from Mr. Walter, that marriage is at 13, 14 and 15, taking away the empowerment, the control, that these young women and girls have.

Can you tell us about that? How important is it to have sexual and reproductive health rights education, and how important is that for their empowerment?

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