That's a great question. I'll start with the coercive control.
There are a lot of things that are different across the continuum of violence against women and gender-based violence. The one thing that is prevalent in any part of the gender-based violence and violence against women movement is coercive control. On every level of violence against women, you will find coercive control at work. It is something that we often have a very hard time working with women about. Because it is so pervasive and so much a part of their day-to-day experience of their gender-based violence, it's very hard to get to the root of.
With the changes to the laws, I can't even imagine.... We're so excited as a sector to have these laws change, because this is something we've been trying to say. You can't have violence against women exist if you don't have coercive control. It's much harder to try to have somebody charged with the larger assaults and the bigger name things. Coercive control is relevant. It's prevalent. It is something that we can see every abuser being held accountable for.
When someone is held accountable for something, it changes something in the survivor. It gives the survivor a bit more to say, “I'm not imagining this. This is actually something that is a problem that isn't just about me.” It gives survivors some control over their own lives, and it gives them some power back. We try very hard as a sector to give women power back over their lives and some autonomy. Having this recognized as something dangerous and pervasive, as we as a sector have known for many years, is is a game-changer. It's going to make things much more respectful for survivors.