No more money for women's rights.
"The budget for Equality between women and men will experience an increase of 9 million euros in 2022, bringing its budget to 50.6 million euros," said the Minister for Equality in a press release. , Elisabeth Moreno.
An increase of 25% compared to 2021 which concerns "program 137", dedicated to equality between women and men, we learned on Thursday during the debate on the orientation of public finances held at the National Assembly .
“This unprecedented increase has led to a quasi-doubling of appropriations since 2017, reflecting the government's determined commitment to the Great Cause of the five-year term,” the minister said in the press release.
Emphasis on the fight against violence against women
In 2021, the budget of the ministry dedicated to equality between women and men was 41.5 million euros, an increase of 40% compared to 2020. Additional resources which are mainly explained by funding of the Grenelle measures against domestic violence which took place at the end of 2019.
The additional resources allocated in 2022 will allow them "to consolidate the mechanisms for preventing and combating violence against women, in particular the extension of the working hours for number 3919 and the strengthening of the means of associations, to develop appropriate mechanisms for the economic integration of women, to strengthen support for exiting prostitution ”, it is detailed in the press release.
At the end of 2020, a report by the Women's Foundation entitled “Where is the money to better protect women?
"Estimated that" to accommodate and support victims of violence, in particular in specialized structures, there was a minimum of nearly 32 million euros lacking in the state budget for 2021 ".
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