International Trade committee  Maybe Francesca can answer on whether there actually is pay equity in the labour chapter.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  To answer that last question, too, I think, in terms of asking whether Oxfam is putting pressure on companies, I would say that we are working a lot with women's rights organizations and private sector women-owned business at fora such as the W7 or the W20, or even the WTO, so th

International Trade committee  Probably.

International Trade committee  Do you have an answer, Francesca?

International Trade committee  Can I add that Canada has always been a leader in the area of gender and trade? We took a bit of a break for some time, but we have done a considerable amount of work on that issue and I think it's worth reviving some of that. There was a drop in some of the activities, but there

International Trade committee  It's a good place to start, but it doesn't go far enough. I think that's the issue. There are some really good ideas in it, and some good initiatives, but it's totally voluntary. I think in terms of making sure that some of the.... There's a provision for a committee. We need t

International Trade committee  Sure. You're not going to ask all your questions to me...?

International Trade committee  Francesca can jump in, but the problem I see is that when it comes to the negotiations we're all shooting in the dark, because most of that data doesn't exist and hasn't been collected. We have no idea, really, of what are the impacts of some of the negotiations that are going on

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for inviting Oxfam to present to the committee today. Oxfam works in 90 countries around the world to support long-term development and to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance, but we're also an advocacy and campaign organization committed to addressi

Foreign Affairs committee  I would just say that it can be excellent programming, but we shouldn't be assuming that it is for women. We should be asking the women what it is they need in their communities and what is the most important thing. I would say that microcredit is very useful for what we call the

Foreign Affairs committee  Invite them.

Foreign Affairs committee  To me it's not about who's calling the shots or who's saving those few people. It's about the structural inequalities, including gender inequalities that are leading to that vulnerability for women that has to be addressed on a much broader level.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think the maternal, newborn, and child health initiative really helped initially to raise the profile of some of the issues around particularly maternal health, although ultimately, I think there was a bit of a lack of attention.... The attention focused much more strongly on c