I just want to add to that. It seems to me that resources are always limited. Without having good information, one then is not using evidence-based decision-making, and primarily that's what we all have to do. We do evidence-based decision-making in the areas that I'm familiar with, in the areas of health care delivery, programs, services, as well as in all policy changes. If one doesn't have that background, others are not going to be listening.
I had the very excellent opportunity to have a strong research report behind the project I've been able to coordinate. Because of that strong basis, regional health authorities in Manitoba have included gender issues in their needs assessment. They have examined gender issues now as to how they deliver programs and services. If that information hadn't been provided, it wouldn't have been something that they would have embraced. With it, they are willing to embrace it, if your foundation of information is solid. So for me that's one of the first things.
The second piece in advocacy is using disenfranchised women's voices to validate the information and then to advocate with you on what the necessary changes are. They know what needs to be done and they know what's needed.