Absolutely. I want to talk about something personal here, because this is something that I have advocated for for a long time. It's this whole idea of calling in boys, calling in men and being there to support men.
I met with an indigenous leader from Iqaluit some months ago, and she said something that I have long remembered. It's an adage that I am living by and trying to lead my ministry by. She said, “Marci, an eagle cannot fly with one wing”, meaning that, when it comes to gender-based violence, if we are addressing only women and not engaging and addressing men and boys, then we will not get to the bottom of this.
WAGE leads several activities to engage men and boys as allies in advancing gender equality and ending gender-based violence. For example, in 2018, WAGE held a series of round tables right across the country on how to engage boys and advance this. It led to a report called “What We Heard”, which really has informed WAGE's work to date.
Since 2015, WAGE has provided $16.3 million to 40 different organizations that are on the ground engaging men and boys and hearing from those boys, because it's important.