Status of Women committee  Definitely, it's important for every program. There is this report-- Excuse me, I will speak in French. The Auditor General's report has made note of the difficulties that various departments and programs have in systematically including evaluation criteria to measure the degree

Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  Within the framework of international law, gender equality goes beyond a mere bookkeeping equality that would aim at establishing, for example, quotas for the representation of women in a parliament or within the armed forces, or peacekeeping forces. Gender equality will require

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam. As Mr. Kessel said, it is true that in international treaties, terms like “the equal right of men and women” are used to refer to non-discrimination. These terms are found in the international covenant on civil and political rights, and similar language is used

Status of Women committee  Yes, I think that is significant, if only internationally, as regards the countries we traditionally work with. We have solid partnerships, namely with Holland, but also with Sweden and Belgium. Not using the same language that has been put in place over the years is not insign

Status of Women committee  I trained Congolese police officers in Beni and Butembo. I talked about impunity. I trained police officers on the application of the 2006 law on sexual violence. I helped create it as an international consultant. Bear in mind that in the field, women's non-governmental organiza

Status of Women committee  I scanned Mr. Kessel's testimony. He said, among other things, that this was not a real change, because Canada was just adopting the official terms which appear in international conventions. It is true that, in international conventions, there is no reference to “child soldiers”;

Status of Women committee  Listen, I don't work for that department. I'm not working at DFAIT, so I have no idea. I guess people should have received it. Did they read it? I hope so, I'm sure. I don't know. I cannot comment on that.

Status of Women committee  I cannot answer that.

Status of Women committee  What becomes very clear when you read the national plan which came out in October, is that, in fact, everything which has to do with justice for the victims—including access to legal institutions, to the strengthening of judicial capacity, as well as the presence of women in the

Status of Women committee  Good morning, members of the committee. As you know, several newspapers, but mainly the weekly Embassy, have, over the past summer, documented the changes in terminology used in Canada's foreign policy. Included among the more notable changes are the following: the disappearanc