Women victims of domestic violence can now, for this reason, unlock their savings in advance, for example to more easily flee their attacker by moving, according to a decree published this Saturday in the Official Journal. This measure was announced last November during the "Grenelle" campaign against domestic violence.
It was, then explained the services of Secretary of State Marlène Schiappa, to allow women victims "to have access to funds in a short time to cope with the material changes imposed by their situation, for example if they are forced to move ”.
This provision responds to situations of "emergency", where women need to be financially more independent when they want to "slam the door and save themselves", had for its part argued the Minister of Labor, Muriel Pénicaud.
A simplified system
Concretely, the decree published on Saturday creates a new reason for unblocking employee savings in advance. In addition to a marriage, a PACS, the arrival of a third child, a divorce or a separation, this unblocking will now be possible in the event of "violence committed against the person concerned by her spouse, her partner or her partner linked by a civil solidarity pact, or his former spouse, partner or partner ”.
To benefit from it, the employee must have obtained from a judge that he issue her a “protection order” prohibiting her abusive spouse from entering into contact with her or her relatives. Unblocking will also be possible if the acts of violence are the subject of judicial information, a referral to a court, an indictment, even a non-final conviction, an alternative to prosecution or of a penal composition.
"Out of violence"
This measure, "it's always good to take for those who can benefit from it," commented Françoise Brié, of the National Federation of Women Solidarity (FNSF), who manages the call line at 3919. Especially since "the precariousness is an aggravating factor for getting out of the violence, ”she added. Domestic violence "affects all socio-economic categories, including working women and those with wage savings", observed François Brié.
But a large number of women will, by definition, not be able to benefit from this measure, since only 51% of the victims have a job. By comparison, 72% of violent spouses work: an “inequality of resources” three times more marked than in the general population, according to the association manager.
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