ANALYSIS: Canada, Allies Push ‘Gender-Inclusive’ Aid to Ukraine as War Maims, Kills Mainly Men

When Canada announced $3 billion in aid to Ukraine on the anniversary of its invasion by Russia in February, one item that drew some attention was a $4 million allocation for “gender-inclusive demining” in Ukraine. “What’s woke and what’s a joke: Canada implements gender-inclusive Ukraine support,” headlined Sky News Australia following the announcement. Fox News matched with: “We now need diversity guidelines for clearing landmines.” The headlines soon faded, but Canada’s foreign aid retains its tight focus on gender and women’s issues even in a country where women are more educated than men, and where it is the men who are conscripted and banned from leaving to fight the invading enemy. They often return legless, armless, blind, or mentally disabled by the horrors of battle....