Gender-Based Violence: Conflict-Affected People and European Commission

gender-based violence: So far this year, Canada has committed to 6.63 million in humanitarian assistance funding to aid partners in Myanmar and Bangladesh to help conflict-affected people, including the Rohingya, according to CTV. The announcement follows a 4.3-million contribution by the European Commission earlier this week to help deal with the crisis. The additional 2.55 million is aimed at helping provide care for women, new mothers and children under five, International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said in a statement. Bibeau said the funds will also help victims of gender-based violence, and will be provided to three different United Nations agencies. Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, also an honorary Canadian citizen, says her government is fighting a militant insurgency. The UN estimates 240,000 children are among the 400,000 Rohingya who have fled Myanmar since late August, recounting attacks by government troops and Buddhist mobs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.