Foreign Affairs committee  I would simply add--I think you heard this from Ms. Elsawi, and we've also heard this in relation to the situation in the Congo as well--that a lot of money has been given through international agencies--for example, UNIFEM, or the Multi-Donor Trust Fund. It's not always easy for

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of the second question, I think there's a lot that can be done in helping foster the exchange between women's groups in the south and the north. For example, just in August KAIROS brought a whole bunch of women's organizations together in Colombia to do an exchange on ho

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. There's fostering some exchange, with women's groups from the north travelling to the south and vice versa, but also accompanied by international actors to help ease some of the tension that is growing. As I said in my presentation, there's a real fear among women's g

Foreign Affairs committee  I can definitely send along the names of the organizations we're working with. It's part of our initiative on Women of Courage to canvass the needs of women's organizations operating inside zones of conflict, so Sudan and Congo are two of our areas of concern. We're working with

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. I'm going to respond in English. I read Madam Elsawi's testimony. I know Zaynab reasonably well and some of the women's organizations that work in Sudan, and it's quite powerful to speak with them and hear what they say. The issues confronting wo

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll start. As I mentioned, we've just come from a meeting with members of the Government of Southern Sudan and they mentioned to us that for Abyei, which is this region, a part of Sudan that lies in the middle between north and south, there will be a separate referendum decidi

Foreign Affairs committee  Along with Jim, I'd like to say thank you for the invitation to be here. Merci, Madame Deschamps, pour l'invitation de Bloc Québécois. KAIROS, as Jim has said, has a long history of working with the Sudan churches, predating the recent conflict in Darfur. Our relationship wit