On March 9, the feminist collective #NousToutes recorded 27 femicides since the beginning of 2023. A figure that does not decrease. But the government assures that “the efforts exist and are unprecedented.”
Isabelle Rome, Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister, in charge of Equality between Women and Men, wants to emphasize prevention from childhood, reports the sunday newspaper. Leaning in particular on the 2001 law that provides for three annual sessions of education on sexuality at school, university and high school.
“Global work on consent”
According to a report from the General Inspectorate, only between 15 and 20% of the students have benefited from these days, presenting “an egalitarian vision of relations between women and men”, as provided for in the Education Code. Isabelle Rome, in collaboration with the Minister of Education Pap Ndiaye, will now present an annual publication of the results.
The Minister also wishes to expand its scope of action. “I will work with the local communities,” she announced in the weekly. The objective: to introduce awareness sessions after school hours, outside class hours.
As part of her Tour de France for equality, Isabelle Rome will meet local actors next week. These sessions will be based on “a global work on respect for oneself, respect for others, consent”, explains the minister.
“There is structural violence against women in our society, she also regrets, there must be a collective conscience.”
To stop femicides in France, the Government plans other measures such as the launch in November of a file to find out the background of a perpetrator of violence, crossing the files of the Ministries of the Interior and Justice. She also wants to increase the number of Casas de la Mujer, these support structures for victims of violence.
According to a recent report from the Higher Council for Equality, 16% of men think that “a sexually assaulted woman may be partly responsible for her situation.”
Source: BFM TV
