Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

UN Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund: Discussion

Ms Breifn? Flanagan:

I thank Ms El Khyari and Ms Stryzhak. It is a real pleasure to speak after them but as Ms El Khyari said, it is a proud moment for me to be in the Oireachtas as an Irish person. I want to re-emphasise Ms El Khyari's point that women in civil society are the ones we should be listening to. Ireland is really committed to hearing civil society voices. We heard that at the Security Council and the WPHF wants to build on that. Today is a really good opportunity to listen to Ms Stryzhak on the Ukrainian women's needs and on what we should be supporting.