That's a great question that I will answer very quickly for you.
First, having street harassment on your radar sounds hokey, but it's so important. It's on the continuum of sexual violence. In Ontario, there's a lot of conversation on sexual harassment and sexual violence. When you list forms of violence in terms of a call for proposals, for example, or as a focus, mentioning street harassment is really important. It is also important to find ways to fund the groups that are doing this work, knowing that a lot of those groups can't apply for federal funding because they don't have non-profit status. I think this feels like a separate conversation, but it's actually closely related, because groups like ours can't afford the money that we need to apply for funding.
Here we are doing this incredible work—we're challenging local transit authorities; we've developed this app; we've developed this mechanism that is nowhere else in North America—all off the side of our desks, so I think there's a gap. In my case, I do draw the line at work.
If you want to have access to the folks doing that work, you have to find a way to fund groups like Hollaback!. Continuously talking about street harassment as something that's on the government's radar will then incite other violence against women organizations to include it as well.