Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you again for the question. Yes, Canada has made a huge commitment of $700 million for sexual and reproductive health and rights over the next 10 years and $500 million of that should be allocated towards the neglected areas of abortion, contraception, adolescent sexual a

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much for the question. In the context of trade, for example, we know that women are the lowest-paid, that they have the most precarious working conditions and that they are subject to the most exploitation. When we are talking about trade deals being made without

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I can start and maybe say that the intervention should happen before a conflict starts. While I appreciate there are people who have much more expertise in post-conflict peacebuilding, my area of expertise is really looking at the things we can do to intervene before we get to th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. I can start. One of the first things I would say to that is that the international community, particularly the global north, states that there must be a stop to perpetuating this false divide between development and human rights—between civil and political rights on t

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. At this moment, we are living through concurrent health, economic, environmental and humanitarian crises. All of these have profound and differentiated gendered impacts, which are compounded by where women are socially, economically and geographically loca