This is a new space for women victims of domestic violence: "ephemeral support points" will be installed in shopping centers, announced, on Saturday, the Secretary of State for Gender Equality , Marlène Schiappa.
"As it is more difficult to move around, we make the support devices go to women," she explains in an interview with the Parisian, thus referring to the containment measures in force to fight against the coronavirus. . Created "in partnership with local associations, state services and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, manager of shopping centers", these "ephemeral support points" will be installed in premises "allowing confidentiality but large enough to accommodate women respecting the barrier measures, "she explains.
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The Secretary of State quotes "firstly" for the Paris region So Ouest in Levallois-Perret, the 4 Temps in La Défense, Carré Sénart in Lieusaint, the Forum des Halles in Paris, or Les Ulis, and, in the North, V2 in Valenciennes. "In a second step, Dijon, Rennes, Lyon ... where there is an open hypermarket," she adds, claiming to aim for "around twenty points in the coming weeks". "By going shopping, these women will find an attentive ear and access to their rights in an innovative and effective way," she believes.
Two feminicides since the start of containment
At the same time, Marlène Schiappa announces a "special fund financed by the state of a million euros to help associations in the field to adapt to the period". She also promises to finance "up to 20,000 hotel nights so that women can flee the violent man". Asked about the absence of "reason for filing a complaint", in the compulsory exit certificate during confinement, the Secretary of State replied that "the courts for domestic violence" had been left open.
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She has put forward the figure of "two" femicides since the start of confinement on March 17. "The confinement is a collective test which strikes the family and personal history of each person, the situation can degenerate at any time when we live with a violent person", she recalls, worried that "women say that 'they must endure during confinement ". "No! State systems are not put on hold, they are even reinforced," she said.