I call the meeting to order.
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to our second session of witnesses for the international human rights defenders. Again, we're recognizing and working towards December 10, I believe it is, which is International Human Rights Defenders Day.
We're very pleased to have two witnesses with us. One is on the way and the other one is on screen. Susan Bazilli, thank you very much for joining us. Ms. Bazilli is the director of the International Women's Rights Project. The International Women's Rights Project's mission is to strengthen the capacity of women's NGOs in Canada and abroad to advocate for women's human rights. Ms. Bazilli's work has included leading women's human rights training in Bosnia, Lithuania, and east Africa; running the American Bar Association's gender program in Russia; and directing the southern African women's legal rights initiative, with offices in Swaziland and Madagascar.
With that, again I thank you for joining us for the second of our sessions on international human rights defenders. If you can take around 10 minutes to give us an introduction, then we'll hear from the second witness and we'll go into some questions. Thank you very much.