Statement of Canada at the UNGA72

Women/Violence: “And for far too many Indigenous women, life in Canada includes threats of violence so frequent and severe that Amnesty International has called it “a human rights crisis.””

SDGs: “Many will sound familiar to you, because they are closely aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – goals that apply to all of our countries, without exception.”

Gender-based violence, SDG #6: “Our efforts also include a stronger focus – in Indigenous communities, across Canada, and around the world – on SDG #5: combatting gender-based violence and giving women and girls equal opportunities to succeed.”

Women and empowerment: “We need women and girls to succeed because that’s how we grow stronger economies, and build stronger communities.”

Gender equality: “That is why our government will be moving forward shortly with legislation to ensure equal pay for work of equal value.”

Gender equality/Women and empowerment: At the international scale, we have reaffirmed Canada’s engagement in reducing poverty and inequity, putting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls at the heart of our development efforts.

Women and peace: We have adopted this approach because we know that supported women and girls leads to economic growth. And that peace and cooperation then take root.