This budget should thus increase from 1.7 to 3.5 million euros annually, according to Sylvie Retailleau. The Minister of Higher Education and Research also announced the launch of a new awareness campaign.
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New announcements, one year after the launch of a plan to fight against gender-based and sexual violence (VSS) at universities and in major schools. The budget allocated to the fight against GBV in higher education will double in 2023 and the government will launch a consent awareness campaign, announced the Minister, Sylvie Retailleau, in an interview broadcast on Saturday October 8 on the website of the Parisian.
“We realize that there is a real need for action, for training and we are therefore going to double the budget devoted to this plan each year”, explains the Minister of Higher Education and Research. This budget should thus increase from 1.7 to 3.5 million euros annually. The ministry will fund “from this start of the school year, projects for associations and establishments up to 1.2 million euros”she explains.
“The phenomenon of GBV is better known and measured. Over the 2019-2020 academic year, we know that 140,000 people were affected by attacks or attempted attacks, i.e. 4% of the student population”, specifies Minister Sylvie Retailleau, for whom “It’s huge and intolerable”.
Already, “training sessions have been launched and reporting cells are being set up and deployed in most universities and colleges, she raises. Two general inspectors work there full time and nine hundred people (students as well as teachers or university staff) have already been trained.
A consent awareness campaign is also starting this weekend. “Posters will be displayed (…) in schools and universities, with this slogan: ‘without yes, it’s forbidden'”, explains Sylvie Retailleau. This campaign will be rolled out on social networks in partnership with the online media Konbini.