| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
Lieutenant-General (Retired) the Honourable Andrew Leslie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada-U.S. Relations), will host a town hall meeting on NAFTA modernization.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
The initiatives announced today by the Government of Canada through the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program (PSOPs) have a total value of $17.1 million.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Violent conflict reduces the access women have to resources that assist them with household responsibilities, which can increase during times of conflict. During these times, women often become the heads of the households and more active agents in promoting peace and resolving disputes in their communities. However, everyday activities, such as gathering water and firewood, can expose them to physical assault or sexual violence. At the hands of armed groups and terrorists, women and girls are often subjected to rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution and other forms of sexual violence; survivors are left to deal with a lifetime of severe stigmatization, familial and social shunning and reprisals.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Canada is focused on equal rights for women and girls around the world, so that we can all live in greater safety and security.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will make an announcement on women, peace and security on Wednesday, November 1, 2017.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
The initiatives announced today by the Government of Canada will support peace efforts and will aim to reduce gender-based violence and early pregnancy rates in Colombia. In total, these projects amount to approximately $14.4 million.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Canada-Colombia relationship is built on close economic ties, dialogue on human rights, long-standing development assistance, support for Colombia’s peacebuilding efforts, growing defence and security cooperation and collaboration on other key regional issues. We are also committed to tackling climate change and helping our country, and the world, create a cleaner global economy.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will make an important announcement on the crisis in Myanmar.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
To further engage Canadians in response to this humanitarian crisis, the Government of Canada has launched the Myanmar Crisis Relief Fund.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Since August 25, 2017, the ongoing violence in Myanmar has resulted in the exodus of an additional 600,000 Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, where nearly 70% are women and children.
