These are the same tenets of our strategic plan! The policy promises to enhance the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls increase the participation of women and girls in equal decision-making, particularly when it comes to sustainable development and give women and girls more equitable access to, and control over, the resources they need to secure ongoing economic and social equality. I was especially proud because at Crossroads International we made the same choice more than a decade ago. As the policy outlines, the federal government is reorienting public policy to put the security, rights, and economic empowerment of women and girls at the centre of its global aid strategy. It was a proud moment for me, an immigrant in my chosen country, to be among an intimate group to hear the announcement from Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Marie-Claude Bibeau. I was pleased to be invited to the launch of Canada’s new Feminist International Assistance Policy on June 9.

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