We continuously talk about the fact that women are more susceptible to violence than men. It is our responsibility to make sure that we educate our children, especially our male children, on respect for women. I know, being part of the status of women committee, that it is something that we definitely spoke about.
We recently had the gymnastics review, where the CEO—I questioned him personally—said that there were over 600 women who reported violence and nothing was done. When I asked him if his children had been in the same situation, where they came home and said, “This is what happened to me”, he would have launched an investigation, his response was yes.
We have to make sure that men understand that women are just as important, and we need to provide that service to them so that they can move on with their lives, because sometimes, if you don't, it sets them back and some don't recover.
As parliamentarians, we have to make sure that people understand the importance of mental health in violence against women. Would you agree?