Sylvia Bawa is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at York University. Her research interests include international political economy, discourses of women’s rights and empowerment, human rights, gender and development and postcolonial and transnational feminism. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/sylvia-bawa/rss en Crisis and Conflict Politics and Policy Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:36:53 +0000 Sylvia Bawa https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2017/06/20/canadas-feminist-aid-program-creates-more-questions-than-answers https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2017/06/20/canadas-feminist-aid-program-creates-more-questions-than-answers By 2022, 95 percent of Canada’s international assistance programs will target women and girls. But will this policy actually empower those it seeks to help? York University’s Sylvia Bawa questions how the new “feminist” approach will operate on the ground.