REPORTAGE
Creation of places of lodging, generalization of the filing of complaint with the hospital ... The government unveiled Tuesday measures to fight against domestic violence. These announcements, however, were coldly received by the associations and families of the victims, who paraded in the afternoon in the streets of Paris. "It's shameful, it's not enough," says Francoise, whose mother was killed by her husband.
"Now is the time to act"
The government has announced the creation of 1,000 places of accommodation and emergency housing. "These women already have a home, they do not need another one, we have to find places for those who make them live violence, we have to leave women and children in their homes," said Françoise. .
An audit will also be conducted in 400 police stations and gendarmeries until the end of 2020 to find out the malfunctions in the collection of complaints. "Even if there are audits, it will be done when: in six months, eight months? We will count the murdered women in the meantime, but now is the time to act," says Françoise.
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"Do not wait for a woman to complain"
The message of the families of the victims is clear: we must act quickly and immediately train the police responsible for collecting the complaints of battered women. "It's urgent to take into account and train this staff, we do not wait when a woman complains," insists Isabelle, whose cousin was killed by his spouse last March. "My cousin made several calls the night of her death to warn her that she was in danger, the police never came in. Other women are alive, and we need to protect them now.
The establishment of the electronic bracelet "anti-rapprochement", announced by the Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, she was greeted. But here too, we have to go very fast, hammer the families.