Sarah, Virginie, Grâce, Mathilde, Claudette ... The names of 111 women killed in 2020 were displayed, Sunday January 10, in black letters on a wall in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, located in a covered passage, in the shelter inclement weather. 

"In 2020, the patriarchy is still killing: 98 conjugal feminicides, 11 sex workers and 2 transgender people killed," proclaimed another inscription deployed in front of this memorial. 

In 2020, the patriarchy still kills: more than 98 marital feminicides, 11 sex workers and 2 transgender people killed And how many forgotten victims?

Sexism, putophobia and transphobia destroy and kill.

The state forgets them.

Not us.



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- Collages Feminicides Paris (@CollagesParis) January 11, 2021

This figure of 98 feminicides, identified by the associative collective "Feminicides by companion or ex", is lower than the 146 officially recorded in 2019. "But in 2020, there was much more violence [against women]," said Camille, one of the spokespersons for the "Colleuses" movement.

An increase in victim calls during lockdowns

According to the Minister for Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, the online sexual and gender-based violence reporting platform recorded a 60% increase in calls from victims during the second confinement compared to normal, while this increase was 40 % during the first containment in spring 2020.

The "splicers", perched on stepladders or trash cans to put up their posters and hang bouquets of flowers between the first names of the victims, also stuck slogans such as "Guilty state, accomplice justice", "More listened to dead than alive" , or "Reforms before we are dead".

[DIRECT] In Paris, activists from @CollagesParis stick a memorial in tribute to all victims of feminicides in 2020 ✊ pic.twitter.com/Ppp965JTpJ

- Du Pain Et Des Roses (@Pain_Et_Roses) January 10, 2021

"The government is not acting enough [against the scourge of feminicides]", summed up Camille, spokesperson for Colleuses, who calls for "money, resources for associations", as well as a more rapid deployment of Anti-reconciliation bracelets, intended to keep violent spouses or ex-spouses at a distance.

These bonding actions, carried out regularly throughout Paris and its suburbs, should also help mobilize citizens, according to her: "We must not close our eyes: we hear the neighbor screaming, and we dare not get involved. , this is no longer possible !"

With AFP

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