Thank you.
We can now call our witnesses to come and join us.
We have with us Dr. Kathleen Lahey, who is a professor at the Department of Women's Studies, Queen's University; Armine Yalnizyan, who is the director of research for the Community Social Planning Council of Toronto; and Nancy Peckford, director of programs, Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action.
I'm sure you had a busy week last week. At least I was able to listen to Dr. Lahey, and I met with Nancy at the IDRC.
Each one of you has probably a ten-minute presentation. We will listen to your presentation and then we'll go straight into Q and A.
Shall we start with you, Dr. Lahey?