Thank you. Good afternoon.
From our offices on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe nation, I thank the committee for inviting us to appear as part of this study.
My name is Nicole Tobin, head of global health programs at CARE Canada.
Gender justice is at the heart of all the humanitarian and development work we do in the CARE confederation. Health gains have been threatened by intersecting crises of COVID, conflict and climate. Women's leadership is essential to rebuild health systems that ensure access to life-saving services for all.
CARE joins Canadian civil society in calling on Canada to work for a consensus at the WTO to improve the compromised TRIPS waiver proposal that was recently tabled. Today, we are invited to testify regarding the equitable delivery of vaccine supplies, focusing on gender.
I'm really pleased to introduce you to Dr. Ihlas Altinci, sexual reproductive health adviser, based in Gaziantep, Turkey, with work in Syria.