Several aid organizations have written an open letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, urging Ottawa to increase international assistance beyond last year’s $8.15-billion
increases its foreign aid spending, according to international development experts who run programs around the world.
“Losing this stream of funding has a huge impact on women’s rights organizations around the world, and that’s really at the heart of this matter,” she said. While Ms. Sarosi commended the government for saying it would prioritize funding for women’s rights organizations, she said it has not translated into the kind of funding they hoped for.
“What that means is, girls don’t have access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, for example, we once again see a rise in teen pregnancies and unsafe abortions. So, it has a real impact on the ground of whether these organizations can provide these life-saving services or not.”, urging the government to increase international assistance beyond last year’s $8.15-billion and to commit to a predictable three-year-boost to reach $10-billion by 2025.
“The feminist policy for us was a great moment for Canada’s trajectory with international aid. It fell squarely within what is our core mission,” he said, adding that now some programs “If you withdraw the support, the capacity is not the same ... and you are also jeopardizing the gains that have been made. And when there is a rollback of human rights, of the rule of law, of access to justice of democracy there, it will quite often have an impact here at home too.”
Rachel Pulfer, executive director of Journalists for Human Rights, said that through its largest program, JHR works with media partners to empower women to take on leadership positions in newsrooms. She said those women then work with their colleagues to produce stories that include female perspectives.
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