Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. I'll be very brief. In addition to everything Sarah said, I'd add one more point, which is that we're at the helm or dawn of choosing a new secretary-general for the United Nations. We can never under-estimate the importance of member-state accountability and responsi

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of new indicators, as I mentioned, one is an umbrella level of outcome indicators that say, “Within the period of this plan, we want to achieve the following”. I leave this entirely to the consultations you have with Canadian civil society and women around the world to t

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll speak to the simplification, first of all. Something that we consistently see in the second and third iterations of national action plans around the world is a reduction in the number of indicators. Canada was in a rare position, along with only a few other countries at the

Foreign Affairs committee  When I read it and assessed it, it didn't strike me as disproportionately focused on protection. A lot of Canada's advocacy and the work it does around the participation element and getting people to negotiations and talking about getting organizations such as NATO and others to

Foreign Affairs committee  On a few levels, one area is accountability internally for the actual implementation of the plan within Canada's own government. Then there are accountability measures in the way we engage and interact with our partners. Funding is one thing, and the idea of making some fundin

Foreign Affairs committee  That's a good question indeed. First of all, I do want to comment on the male buy-in point. I think you're absolutely right. Something that the Chief of the Defence Staff's directive has done, that the national action plan outlines, and that I think is really important to keep d

Foreign Affairs committee  There are about 51 countries in the world now that have national action plans. Those include countries that are directly experiencing conflict and countries like Canada that perceive this from the perspective of primarily a foreign policy development and security assistance point

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. My thanks to the committee for this invitation. Thank you for giving this critical issue the attention it deserves. You mentioned that I direct the Institute for Inclusive Security. We're a Washington, D.C.-based NGO, and for more than 15 years