Foreign Affairs committee  I'd also add there is a broader issue around poverty and vulnerability. The people who die the most in humanitarian crises are the poorest and the most vulnerable, and the people who are the most poor and vulnerable are women. There's a direct correlation. If you're in a country

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, that is what the UN is saying, 15%, so we're saying 15% for ours.

Foreign Affairs committee  No, I don't have an exact number. I'm sure I could get one for you. If you call me, I can give it to you. Sorry, what was the first part of your question?

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, it would be greater funding. That would be one part of the political progress. Right now we have just a series of activities. It's just put out as a set of activities that have been done. There's not really a link to what the results are of that activity. I mean, as a cha

Foreign Affairs committee  May I add one more thing? It would also be really useful to have participatory approaches to finding out what indicators the women think are useful for that, doing more of that, asking women's rights organizations what they would see as success and then developing our indicators

Foreign Affairs committee  I think the earlier point about money and referral pathways.... A lot of it exists in communities. It is part of that whole development, humanitarian.... It is divided, and trying to put that together isn't just about supporting local organizations; it is also about recognizing w

Foreign Affairs committee  That 15% of Canada's development assistance is—

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. I will answer it in English. In terms of examples, often there are women's committees in camps. We'll work to bring together all of the women to have a women's committee. In those committees, they'll talk about a lot of things. In DRC we have the

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sure I'll think of more after, but supporting public financial management in a country's general governance issues is something I think everybody is recognizing we need more of. Those revenues that would be gained by increasing the tax base should be used for supporting thing

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll add two small things. One is about the knowledge of risk that the local organizations have. They have a much better sense of the risk on the ground, and so they're better able to manage those when we provide more support to local organizations rather than having that step-

Foreign Affairs committee  I wasn't expecting to talk about Zika here today, but that's great. In any kind of crisis.... I think at the time I wrote the article it was because it wasn't being highlighted, it wasn't coming out clearly, that the real issue around Zika, the real missing element, was men. Eve

Foreign Affairs committee  It is not just Zika. It is an issue in many contexts, but particularly in humanitarian contexts, where humanitarian organizations go in, and it's about water, sanitation, latrines, shelters, and food. However, women don't stop getting pregnant just because there is a crisis, or a

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. Microcredit has many uses. It also has some limitations, I think. It's certainly not a magic bullet. It has to be done in conjunction with broader programming around violence against women. There are a lot of issues about who controls the m

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and good afternoon. Given Oxfam's focus on women's rights, we are particularly pleased to be here. Thank you for the opportunity. We applaud the committee for taking on this timely study of Canada and the women, peace, and security resolutions. Oxfam is a