It's something very important. Again, one way is supporting and recognizing local resistance, local organizations and groups that are mobilized around these issues. These are the activists who know their situation the best. These are the activists who stay in times of conflict. They're not international NGOs that leave, yet we have very few mechanisms in our aid program or our peace support operations to support these groups, to strengthen them and to fund their priorities, their agendas and their issues.
Related to that, another important issue is how Canada supports human rights defenders. We have guidelines at Global Affairs on human rights defenders and Canadian support, and they are currently undergoing a process of revision.
There have been a number of organizations here in Canada pushing to ensure that these new guidelines reflect the specific needs of women human rights defenders and LGBTI rights defenders. One of the really important differences is that many male human rights defenders face repression from the state or from state actors, but a lot of women human rights defenders and people of different sexual orientations face challenges from family members, because they're violating gender norms in the community. I think we have to recognize that and make sure our guidelines support these activists on the ground.