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Status of Women committee  I know that Ms. Bulger mentioned the changes around the term “impunity”--is that right?--in relation to sexual violence in DRC. With that example, as part of the international community that is engaged in security reform, if the training.... Let's imagine that Canada was offering

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  I wish I could say that there were documents that came out of the United Nations Security Council, for example, that were readily comprehensible to a broad public, but there aren't. None of these documents, whether they deal with gender equality or anything else, are written in l

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  Again, to use the example of our ambassador in New York, if he were speaking to the Security Council, I'm guessing very strongly that he would use the term “children in armed conflict”, because he would be at a debate on children in armed conflict.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Again, I have a long list of recommendations, but the recommendations I could make that would require no additional financial resources would be, first of all, that there be positions specifically earmarked as specialists or policy advisers on gender equality. As I sa

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  Let me give you a specific example. If you have positions within the Department of Foreign Affairs called gender advisers or specialists in gender-based analysis, gender equality focal points, or gender focal points, that means when you put someone in that position there's an exp

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  I can't speak to Canada's responsibility on this, and I haven't studied the issue of condemnation, but I can say that one of the primary ways in which international norms come into force is through naming and shaming.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  Let me speak to the first question on the language changes and what the impact might be on the lives of women and girls. I'll give you an example of a woman who I've had the pleasure of working with. Her name is Justine Bihamba. She is a woman from the Democratic Republic of Co

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  I can answer from my own experience.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  This isn't a comprehensive analysis. In my own experience, I noticed the changes that occurred during the reorganization in 2008 at Foreign Affairs. I should say that I became aware of them because I was part of an organization that was applying for funding. This organization h

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  I'd be very happy to provide those. What does this mean for Canada on an international stage? Well, what I would say is that in my opinion—and I should say that I'm not a lawyer, but I do have some experience with norm-building—one of the really important ways in which internati

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  I think the first thing I would say is that I'm not really the best person to answer that question. That's really a question for people who have experience working with the cabinet and within those departments. The public servants would be better positioned; they have experience

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  —20 national action plans—

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  I didn't do comparisons to previous ministers, and I'll tell you why. I think the important question is whether or not our current policy is in step with the international norm-building on these norms. That's why I did the comparison of national action plans. So I looked at 19 ot

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  I would be happy to supply them. I would need a couple of days to arrange translation.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff

Status of Women committee  I'll just clarify, too, a point from the previous discussion: that what I did here was quantitative. It was counting. It wasn't a question of opinion; it was just math.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Kate McInturff