The benefits are that it gives the women courage. I say women, because it is principally women who come to the café-rencontres. It gives them a lot of courage because they can see other women who have gone through a whistle-blowing process, or who have filed a formal complaint, and have come through it. They are doing well now and they still decide to come to the café-rencontres. So it gives them courage and breaks the isolation.
Sometimes, it is difficult for them to leave their homes, but they find the time to come to the centre to meet the caseworkers and speak with people who have experience in matters like this. Sometimes, at home, things can get difficult. People do not want to bore their spouses any more by talking about their situations. They do not want to talk about it any more. They are at their wit's end. So the centre is the place where they can deal with things. They are always welcome. In fact, when women who find it difficult to leave their homes come to meet with us, they tell us that it has done them good not to be alone.