Write For Us

Auditor general calls out Global Affairs Canada for not adequately tracking billions in foreign aid

Sponsored Post Vitamin D2 Canada Persia
49 Views

  • Thanks! Share it with your friends!

    You disliked this video. Thanks for the feedback!

ava
Published
Global Affairs Canada has no sense of whether development aid meant to help women and girls abroad is actually advancing gender equality, Auditor general Karen Hogan said Monday after tabling a report in Parliament earlier that morning.

Hogan found Ottawa does not track whether an annual $3.5 billion in bilateral aid is actually meeting the goals of Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy, and noted that aid for Africa has been diverted to Ukraine.

“The department was unable to show us how the money invested actually was improving the lives of women and girls,” Hogan said.

She pointed to “significant weaknesses” in their information management systems and said the government was not adequately tracking long-term indicators of progress.

She pointed to an example where the government had helped build washrooms and hand-washing stations for girls in schools. However, while they were able to report the number of washrooms that had been built, they were unable to confirm how or if the washrooms had helped improve girls' attendance at those schools.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/9581108/foreign-aid-centre-block-renovations-auditor-general-reports/
Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc
Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ
Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt
Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB
#GlobalNews #cdnpoli
Category
U.S. & Canada
Tags
global news, Auditor General, Karen Hogan
Sign in or sign up to post comments.
Be the first to comment