Foreign Affairs committee  In the peace agreement, women are given 35% participation because of affirmative action. Unfortunately, so far both the government and the parties have not implemented it according to the agreement. Regarding the army and the other security forces, in the army we have 6% for wom

Foreign Affairs committee  It's the same thing in South Sudan. Some of the doctors are kidnapped and taken to treat the wounded soldiers where there is conflict. Some of them do die as a result of protecting women or children. The problem is that whenever they know there is a doctor, they have to make us

Foreign Affairs committee  For South Sudan this recently signed peace agreement is not inclusive of all the armed groups, so there are people who are still outside of the agreement and there is the possibility of another fight if this implementation doesn't go well. The main focus should be on how this a

Foreign Affairs committee  For the case of South Sudan I think for now there is a need for a focus on governance because if the governance system is not set, all the humanitarian aid and all the plans will not go well, and the relations won't as well.

Foreign Affairs committee  Can I add another organization?

Foreign Affairs committee  It's Nonviolent Peaceforce.

Foreign Affairs committee  There are no proper hospitals. The few main hospitals were built last year by Canadian funds from the Canadian embassy. They treat women and children in tents. That has resulted in a lot of deaths. The number of deaths of children, those who are malnourished and getting other d

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  I suggest that the local actors can deliver better. Investing in them would make a change in communities, because it's all about sensitization. To make a change, you have to act with the local partners. You convince the communities that this is the way to go about it. There are

Foreign Affairs committee  I can add on. As he has mentioned, in South Sudan there are generals and they're spending more money on other things. There is a lack of infrastructure and a lack of implementing policies and rules and regulations of the country. Though the country has been in a war, there were

Foreign Affairs committee  In the last three years we've lost hundreds of humanitarian aid workers because of security. Security difficulties made it difficult for the NGOs to deliver aid. Some of the humanitarian workers that deliver aid were kidnapped, some were killed, and this discourages the big organ

Foreign Affairs committee  Is it to me?

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you so much. My apologies for arriving a little bit late.

Foreign Affairs committee  My name is Atong Amos. I'm the executive director for the ARUDA development agency. I recognize the Canadian feminist policy that is being implemented now in South Sudan that focuses on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls to achieve real change, sustainable d