Mr. Speaker, may I assure him and the House that gender equality will always be integral to everything we do within Canada's development programs. I would like to give him an example of a few of them of which I am particularly proud.
In Afghanistan, CIDA supported the education of 3,000 girls who were denied access to education under the Taliban. As a result, this initiative means full integration for 3,000 young women into the public education system.
In addition, it provided $15 million for microbicides to enable women on the AIDS fight.