Foreign Affairs committee  I would be happy to put you in touch with our Middle East partnerships coordinator, who could give you a full briefing on that. I won't do it justice here today. In South Sudan it has been a particularly effective strategy, the concern being that really, before you can even enga

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. We don't have the funding currently to implement the plan we've developed. Our proposal envisions the Canadian churches supporting 25% of the plan. We are asking for the Government of Canada's support for the remaining 75%. That's the model that historically we had employe

Foreign Affairs committee  I would begin by encouraging the Canadian government to think of faith-based organizations as partners in advancing the women, peace, and security agenda. Certainly, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in South Sudan, the churches are present in every corner of the country, som

Foreign Affairs committee  KAIROS has developed a plan around our programming on women, peace, and security that, as I described, has the different elements of psychosocial counselling and support, and legal support, but the last point I mentioned was the international exchanges between women's human right

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm more familiar with the African context, where I relate directly to our partners. I can't speak to the other regions. In Congo, I know that the pressure has been on how to build it from the ground up, and that's where our recommendation around the public engagement and consul

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. On behalf of KAIROS let me begin by thanking you for this opportunity to address the committee as a part of its study on women, peace, and security. It's good to be here with you today. KAIROS is a national ecumenical organization that works with partners

Foreign Affairs committee  Good afternoon, my name is Ian Thomson. I am the partnerships coordinator for Africa at KAIROS, Canadian ecumenical justice initiatives.