Sixty-three organizations are calling for an approach “global” of scale to fight against sexual violence, presenting 140 measures ranging from education to justice or health, two days before a national demonstration against violence against women.
This « coalition » brings together feminist associations (Dare to Feminism, Family Planning, etc.) and child protection associations (Cofrade, Foundation for Children), unions (CGT, FSU, Solidaires), and NGOs such as Oxfam.
They demand a “comprehensive framework law” on the model of the legislation adopted in Spain, judging that in France the legislation is “fragmented and incomplete”declared Suzy Rojtman, spokesperson for the National Collective for Women’s Rights, Thursday during a joint press conference of feminist associations.
The objective of this coalition is to fight against “all forms of sexual violence”including harassment, incest, child crime, cyber violence, “the criminal porn industry” and pimping, sexual mutilation and forced marriages, “gynecological violence”.
The trial of the 51 men accused of having raped Gisèle Pélicot in Mazan shows how much “rape culture” East “anchored in society”as “violence against women”declared Amandine Cornier, from Grève Féministe.
For organizations, the fight against this violence must be done at all levels: education, justice, prevention of attackers repeat offenses, support for victims, in the world of work.
They demand that 2.6 billion euros per year be devoted to it, including 344 million specifically against sexual violence.
Among the measures, sexual and emotional education at school, the effective ban on minors’ access to pornography, justice “truly specialized”improving the filing of complaints and access to free psychotrauma care for victims…
The platform includes numerous recommendations from the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence Against Children (Ciivise).
“Since #MeToo, complaints have exploded. There are almost three times as many complaints today for rape in police stations” more “not three times as many magistrates and investigators”declared Anne-Cécile Mailfert, president of the Women’s Foundation, castigating “classification rate without further action”“absolutely unprecedented”.
Grève Féministe is organizing a national demonstration on Saturday with #NousToutes in Paris marking the International Day Against Violence Against Women on November 25.
