In 2020, 99,538 calls were made to 3919, the crisis line for women victims of violence.
According to the National Federation of Women Solidarity (FNSF) which revealed this figure on Tuesday, it is 114% since 2017. “An exponential development”, according to the FNSF, which manages the line since its creation in 1992.
The pandemic last year was also an aggravating factor.
"The team of the national helpline 3919 - Violences Femmes Info - was particularly in demand and in particular during the period of confinement".
It thus recorded a 22% increase in calls compared to 2019.
The 3919, anonymous and free service
Before the International Day Against Violence Against Women, November 25, the FNSF underlines that almost all (95%) of the calls “concern domestic violence”. It also notes an increase in sexual violence (+ 9%). In the vast majority of cases, it is a woman victim of a man perpetrator of violence, and in 69% of situations, it is the women concerned who call, again notes the FNSF.
The 3919, an anonymous and free service, can be contacted 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The police and gendarmerie services recorded a 10% increase over one year in domestic violence, which affected 159,400 people of all sexes in 2020 About 87% of victims are women, or 139,200, a stable proportion compared to 2019, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior released on Monday, which do not count homicides.
In 2020, 102 women were killed by the beatings of their spouse or ex.
They were 146 in 2019.
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