Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Absolutely. I think the primary role that my office can play in this is listening to them while they are here, especially about their priorities as they relate to political processes and security processes. For example, with Afghans, I've met with a number of Afghan women network

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm not going to comment on whether it was right or wrong to go. I do know that he has expressed a commitment to raising difficult issues while there.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I can't say.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  My very brief opinion on that broad question is that they're afraid of being held accountable by their own people. They have power that is tightly held, and introducing more voices leads to greater accountability, which leads to greater transparency, and that is threatening to th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Sure, thanks so much. There are a few different things. One, we can learn from other countries on how they are approaching this as it relates to programming. I mentioned that we've included now budget lines for digital security for women peacebuilders we're supporting. I think

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would like for more Canadian NGOs to work in Afghanistan.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Sure. One reason that this study.... I'm so happy that this committee has taken this up. We have to recognize that these attacks on gender equality and on women's rights are not haphazard. To the previous member's question about data and trends, there are absolute trends and the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the committee for initiating this very important study. To be a woman fighting for rights and peace has never been risk-free. I'll never forget, about 15 years ago, a Kenyan politician telling me that when she went to campaign events, she wore tw

National Defence committee  Thank you. Very briefly, because we have limited time, I'll say that the progress has been primarily in terms of normative frameworks: policy-making and stating what our policies are. We have 10 UN Security Council resolutions. We have language about women, peace and security i

National Defence committee  Yes. Thank you. There are only a handful of special envoys or representatives on women, peace and security, but now there are roughly 20 or so ambassadors for women and girls or for themes related to gender, peace and security. We've now created a working group. We meet once a q

National Defence committee  I will just note that there is one female chief of defence staff in the world, in Slovenia. There is one. General Vance has brought together 54 men to talk about the importance of women, peace and security. It's really tremendous.

National Defence committee  Can you hear me okay?

National Defence committee  Is it working?