Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, we have—

Foreign Affairs committee  Your first question was about election monitoring. The Catholic Church is going to deploy as many observers as possible. In addition, an American organization called Freedom House, associations and young people have expressed their desire to volunteer as election observers to mak

Foreign Affairs committee  Women are attacked because they run as candidates. A woman from Goma even disappeared. She was kidnapped and she hasn't been found yet. That said, many people in the community, population and villages are saying that we must now support women, because men have failed. The men wh

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. We've been working on these issues for a number of years now. We meet with survivors all day, every day. I asked my colleagues in Beni to close the office, because the situation there had become too unbearable as a result of the massacres, the Allied

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm almost finished, Mr. Chair.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll conclude. Canada has supported long-term projects in our country. We want this support to continue to ensure that we women can reform the country, that human rights are respected and that the empowerment of Congolese women can become a reality. Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I can hear you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the invitation to appear before the members of the committee to give my testimony. This gives me the opportunity to talk about the situation of women in my country, and also about the needs of our population in the Democratic Republic of Congo