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11:25 p.m. : Some thirty mayors of major cities, including Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Nantes, and presidents of departments signed a manifesto today calling for the fight “against the systemic nature” of gender-based violence and “protect women victims”.
8:54 p.m. : In Yvelines, the association Women Safe accompanies women victims of violence, but also their children. France 2 report.
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8:52 p.m. : How to help women victims of domestic violence? In Finistère, farms offer to welcome these victims after leaving their homes, says France 3 Bretagne.
7:01 p.m. : Leave your home urgently, while taking basic necessities with you. The department of Ain and the Avema association today presented their “New Departure Bag” for women victims of violence, reports France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
4:12 p.m. : International Day for the fight against violence against #women: the opportunity to remember that women with #disabilities are more victims of violence than others.? They testify in our dedicated plea ➡️https://t.co /grBIwdtbkM https://t.co/YxsAWazNfc
4:11 p.m. : On the occasion of the international day for the fight against violence against women, the association APF France handicap recalls that women with disabilities are often more affected by violence. Several testimonies are to be found in their plea.
4:26 p.m. : Emmanuel Macron calls for “not release the effort” in the fight against violence against women, during his trip to Dijon (Côte-d’Or). However, he welcomes “collective progress”with “a huge job of training our internal security forces”during a round table with all the stakeholders in the sector.
2:43 p.m. : It’s 2 p.m., the perfect time to go back to the headlines:
• The Parliament definitively adopted, by a vote of the Senate, a last rectified budget for 2022, which provides for an extension of 2.5 billion euros to fight against inflation.
• The death toll from Monday’s earthquake on the island of Java has risen to 310 dead, authorities reported. Twenty-four people remain missing.
• Emmanuel Macron goes to Dijon, on the occasion of the international day for the fight against violence against women. He must exchange there with the associations, the forces of order and the judicial actors mobilized. Follow the events related to this day in our live.
• EU interior ministers are meeting in Brussels this afternoon to discuss the recent increase in migratory flows, and more particularly the solidarity pact long proposed by the EU.
2:03 p.m. : “It starts with the lawyer’s fees. Although they are benevolent, they do not give gifts. I am at 10,000 euros”, she testifies. But what got him”put his head back under water, it is the costs of medical and psychological expertise that are requested by the judges in order to be able to rule on the amount of damages. These expertises are worth between 2,500 and 4,000 euros.laments the young woman.
1:41 p.m. : “Asking for justice is not free”, warns the Women’s Foundation. Our journalist Mathilde Lemaire collected the testimony of a complainant, who earns 1,500 euros per month. Anna saw her abusive ex-boyfriend sentenced to two years in prison. The man has already left without her having yet been able to cover the expenses incurred.
1:33 p.m. : “He was hitting me because I didn’t want to sleep with him.”
The taboo is gradually breaking, and reports of marital rape are on the rise. They jumped 73% between 2020 and 2021. Our journalist Willy Moreau collected the testimony of a mother, who took 19 years to put words to her husband’s violence.
1:17 p.m. : It’s time for our best-of, here are the contents not to be missed:
• Since the start of the school year, ten Quebec courts have set up a special system to deal with domestic violence and gender-based and sexual violence. Our journalist Catherine Fournier tells you more about this experiment, which could inspire France.
• A flawless career spanning nearly 40 years. Mylène Farmer released a new album today. Here are the five reasons for this undeniable success.
• “I don’t know the players, but this is my country.” Our special correspondents in Doha met with Qatari supporters, who are mostly Indian, Nepalese, Egyptian or Lebanese residents, for the 2022 World Cup.
12:00 p.m. : It’s 12 noon, time to go to lunch, and also to take stock of the news:
• The death toll from Monday’s earthquake on the island of Java has risen to 310, authorities reported. Twenty-four people remain missing.
• Emmanuel Macron goes to Dijon, on the occasion of the international day for the elimination of violence against women. He must exchange there with the associations, the forces of order and the judicial actors mobilized. Follow the events related to this day in our live.
• EU interior ministers are meeting in Brussels this afternoon to discuss the recent increase in migratory flows, and more particularly the solidarity pact long proposed by the EU.
• kyiv is working to repair the energy infrastructure damaged by massive Russian strikes, while some fifteen regions encountered problems with the water and electricity supply last night. “Every hour we reconnect the electricity for new consumers”, says Volodymyr Zelensky. Follow our live.
10:53 : The first edition of the “Respect for Women” forum took place in Marseilles last night. It was organized on the eve of the international day for the elimination of violence against women. Round tables, cyberbullying awareness, words of experts… France 3 looks back on this evening.
10:21 a.m. : Since a law of 2019, public employers are obliged to provide a reporting system for moral harassment, discrimination and sexist and sexual violence. This guide should make it easier to collect these reports. It is structured in two parts: the first focuses on the definition of this violence; the second, on the prevention of these facts, the support of the victims and the sanctions against the perpetrators.
10:21 a.m. : The Ministry of Public Service is today publishing a guide on gender-based and sexual violence, intended for public employers. Since 2018, barely a hundred sanctions (from a simple warning to dismissal) have been pronounced each year against state civil servants for this type of act. “There is a real appropriation of the devices [de signalement] to bring”recognizes the administration.
10:22 : Emmanuel Macron is expected today in Dijon, from 11 am. On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, it must discuss with associations, law enforcement and judicial actors mobilized on the ground to fight against this violence.
10:22 : Hello @Leah. Indeed, since the so-called “integral protection” law, passed unanimously in 2004, Spain has been a model in the fight against violence against women. I take this opportunity to suggest that you (re)read this report by my colleague Juliette Campion, who left for Valencia last year to meet the Spanish “protective agents” who constantly watch over the victims.
10:22 : Spain has proven itself on the subject of violence against women, why not draw inspiration from it?
10:22 : Teenagers and young girls “are the first to suffer domestic violence, but are the least present in the systems put in place to help them”, regrets Sophie Barre, member of the national coordination of the feminist association NousToutes. On the occasion of the international day for the fight against violence against women, our journalist Eloïse Bartoli tried to understand this phenomenon.
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10:23 : Finally, Sud-Ouest (article for subscribers) gives the floor this morning to victims of domestic violence, on the occasion of the international day for the elimination of violence against women.
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10:23 : This model could inspire France, where the number of feminicides is not declining, despite the acceleration of public policies to combat domestic violence. A parliamentary mission on the specialization of courts in France on domestic violence is underway. But the subject is far from unanimous. I explain why here.
10:23 : “We must stop over-victimizing the victims and make their passage before a court as stressful and traumatic as possible.”
Accompaniment is the key word of this reform, which does not modify the law already in force on this violence, but is accompanied by additional financial means and more prosecutors. The main objective is to restore victims’ confidence in the justice system.
10:24 a.m. : It all started in 2018, when a cross-partisan group of women politicians decided to tackle this systemic problem. A committee of experts was then set up and made some 190 recommendations based on dozens of testimonies from victims, judges, lawyers, police officers and social workers. Among these, the creation of a specialized tribunal. A little less than a year later, the Quebec Parliament unanimously voted for its creation.
10:24 a.m. : Since the start of the school year, ten Quebec courts have set up a special system to deal with domestic violence and gender-based and sexual violence. I tell you about this experiment in this article, on the occasion of the international day for the elimination of violence against women.
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