Actually, prevention and awareness are not part of the CAVAC mission, which is to intervene once the damage has been done, unfortunately. However, we can see that social media and the hate speech it spreads certainly contribute to violence against women.
That said, it is also a manifestation of something that exists and is openly espoused on social media. Hence the need for prevention and awareness. We need to dismantle the thinking that leads to these behaviours being perpetuated.
The imbalance in male-female relations obviously goes way back. Still, I would say that things are changing slowly but surely.
We feel that legislation to control this kind of online speech could certainly help reduce violence. It would also send a clear message that this kind of speech and this view of women are not tolerated in our society.