- Society.Most affected by sexist violence desist from litigating in Catalonia
- International Day: The intolerable bleeding of sexist violence
- Gender violence: The first half of 2019, one of the worst of the last decade in sexist crimes
Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated this Saturday in France against sexist violence, in a year marked by the alarming figure of 137 women killed by their partners, and demanded urgent measures and a budget of 1,000 million euros from the Executive to combat these crimes
In Paris, the march brought together 49,000 people , according to the independent study cabinet Occurrence, and 100,000 according to the protest organizer , the association "Nous Toutes", which also gave the figure of 150,000 protesters throughout France.
"This protest is the reflection of an unprecedented mobilization in society on the issue of sexual and sexist violence . We feel that the level of awareness and willingness to act are increasing dramatically in French society," said Caroline De Haas , founder of the association, which called the march "historic."
Based on news published in the press, feminist organizations this year count 137 women killed by their partners or ex-partners, compared with 109 women in 2017 and 121 in 2018, according to official data. The AFP news agency estimates that the number of victims amounts to at least 116 women.
"Our country has to get out of the denial of this violence, the banalization and the blaming of the victims," added the militant this Saturday, two days before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The organizations claim to the Government 1 billion euros to combat spousal violence, compared to the 577 million that it has budgeted to combat inequalities between men and women in 2020. Amount is considered to be much lower than needed. In addition, they ask for concrete prevention measures to be approved, promoting education in schools as well as training specialists: judges, doctors and police.
Headed by relatives of victims of marital violence, the march brought together a multitude of young students, but also families and seniors.
"In France, these things were not talked about before. I am realizing from the #MeToo movement that I have not talked so far about everything that could have happened to me," protester Véronique Grontier , 65, told Efe.
Anne and Fanny , two young 14-year-old students, came with their mothers, "proud" of having added their daughters to the feminist movement. "It affects me to think that there are women who die at the hands of their husbands," said Fanny, whose banner read: "The hand for caresses, not for blows."
Among convinced militants and ordinary citizens, he highlighted the growing participation of men with posters such as "Down with the Patriarchate" or "Passionate Crime = Femicide", one of the main criticisms that associations have released to the press, where in many newspapers still "Passionate crime" can be read to refer to these murders.
"When my daughter was born and I announced it in my company, my classmates told me: 'Girls bring a lot of problems.' There I understood that sexism is a systemic problem where all men, even those I considered good uncles, have been sexists and even violent, "explains Cédric Temple , a 39-year-old computer scientist.
Carrying his little daughter in his arms, Camille Victorine , 36, said he felt "born in another world." "When I was little we didn't talk about these things , we suffered in silence, and I feel that from #MeToo we can talk, because they listen to us more and more. This does not end here, but it is a great release. I suffered a lot of violence when I was young and not I want that to reproduce, "Victorine added.
The march, which covered the main avenues of Paris from the Opera Square to the Nation, also had the support of most national unions and leftist parties, and familiar faces, such as actresses Léa Drucker and Julie Gayet, or Vincent Trintignant , brother of actress Marie Trintignant , beaten to death by her partner in 2003.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
Know more- France
- Paris
- theater
- Gender violence
CineA feminist protest forces to cancel a preview in Paris of the new Polanski film
The Look of the Correspondent Before the tomb of Napoleon in Paris: dictator or hero of the Revolution?
AGRESIONESArtolazábal calls not to "take a step back" against sexist violence against the "extreme right that denies and whitens"