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How to reduce domestic violence?

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Since the beginning of the year, there have been 52 feminicides in France.

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By: Juliette Rengeval Follow

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Since the beginning of the year, there have been 52 feminicides in France, 52 women killed because they are women, and, in the vast majority of cases, it is by their companion or their ex-companion, according to the figures brought together by the collective Féminicides.

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Major national cause of the previous five-year term of Emmanuel Macron, domestic violence is struggling to reduce.

Women's rights organizations denounce a lack of resources, even if the legislative arsenal has been strengthened and the police are better trained.

Amiens, in the north of France, recently organized an equality forum, at the courthouse, to inform on the subject.

A report by 

Lise Verbeke

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In Albania, omerta has long reigned on the issue of feminicides, for fear of what will be said.

In this small Balkan country, attacking the family unit is indeed a taboo, but young feminist activists have decided to put an end to this unspoken. 

Simon Rico

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This is my Europe 

A feminist youth?

The chronicle of

Alice Rouja

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In Germany, the ticket at 9€ per month to use the entire public transport network

Berlin has just adopted the ticket at 9 euros per month against the liter of gasoline which exceeds two euros at the pump, and inflation.

The measure has been in effect since the beginning of the week.

€9, a single price for the whole country which allows you to use urban networks and regional trains.

From Berlin, 

Julien Mechaussie

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French-speaking stand-up in Amsterdam

Appearing in the 2000s, at the heart of the Funny series broadcast on Netflix, club comedies are now flourishing everywhere, including in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, where evenings in French have just made their appearance at the initiative of a few young enthusiasts of the genre.

This is a report by our correspondent 

Anne Leray

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