Thank you.
I think we always have a tendency within human rights to look at the stuff that's really difficult to fix. It's really hard, but I've often felt, from working in various parts of the world, that we need to find where we're doing it right and where it's working. Then we need to support those things.
The seven centres you mentioned, through the $3 million, are right next to Darfur. There, $3 million is like $300 million; it made a huge difference. Jane can talk more about the women's centres.
Part of my worry always, because I have spoken to the International Criminal Court too about Darfur and some of the things that are happening there, is that we concentrate so much on what really needs to be fixed that we don't concentrate enough on supporting these development programs. In areas such as ours, at the moment anyway, there's no real conflict—little spurts of it here and there, but overall it's working really well.
We need to protect human rights and not just defend them or reach out against them. I would say it's these development programs, which is what they have asked for, that are what make it work. Because we have a history there—I'm talking about Canada, not about Jane and myself—they look to Canada as the people who look at the quality of life, not just the emergency aid that is there. CIDA has always been very good at that, especially on the gender file.
I would say don't let these things go. The work doesn't have to be through our organization, but look at the areas in which it's working and strengthen it, because the only thing that's going to ruin it is the lack of resources and people leaving. It's not because another tribe comes in and takes over, or whatever it is.
I would encourage people, then, to keep up the investment, however they do it.