“Slapping your wife has nothing to do with stealing a laptop from a store. You have to question this act and give it an immediate response.” Cases of violence against women must be judged “specifically”, recommends, Sunday, September 4, the Minister Delegate for Gender Equality. Isabelle Rome speaks in an interview at Sunday newspaperwhile Elisabeth Borne announced on Friday the creation at the end of September, for a period of six months, of a parliamentary mission responsible for making proposals to improve the judicial treatment of domestic violence.
This mission will be entrusted “to parliamentarians from different groups, responsible for first drawing up an assessment, since there are already 123 emergency processing channels in the 164 courts of the country”says Isabelle Rome in The JDD. “Within six months, they will make recommendations” and “with Elisabeth Borne and Eric Dupond-Moretti, we can also take inspiration from models like Spain or Quebec”she adds.
Asked by The JDD on the possible creation of a category of magistrates, the minister delegated to the Prime Minister replies that she does not “want[t] not anticipate the conclusions of the mission”. “At a minimum, we must continue to train all the judges and prosecutors likely to deal with this type of case. In particular on the notion of influence, even of coercive control”adds Isabelle Rome.
It notes that the withdrawal of parental authority from the perpetrator of domestic violence “are pronounced more and more often: 411 for the first half of 2022 alone, compared to 75 in 2017”. “We have to put an end to this old pattern according to which an abusive spouse can be a good father”she said again.
“We must also question the violence of the perpetrators and provide specific support to the victims”continues the Minister Delegate, announcing the launch of a “fresh start pack”. “A kind of one-stop shop, experienced in several sites, to provide all the necessary support to victims and help them to take flight: mobilization of social assistance, access to training, assistance in returning to work, accommodation for ’emergency or psy support’she explains.
However, it is not announcing an increase in the budget allocated to “this great cause” renewed for the five-year term. “The billion euros that the associations are asking for, we are there”defends Isabelle Rome, who achieves this result by putting “end to end all the sums devoted to it by the ministries”. However, specialized associations still denounce a lack of funding. “The will without means is an announcement effect. Saying it’s important but not finding the money to fix the problem is not consistent.” had mocked on franceinfo on Friday Anne-Cécile Mailfert, President of the Women’s Foundation.