Three associations were rewarded for their commitment against violence against women, during the 3rd edition of the competition organized by the Gard Departmental Council.
Following the call launched on September 18 by the Departmental Council to Gard associations to apply for the competition “The fight against violence against women concerns us all”, until November 18, 22 applications were selected for consideration. select three. The winners were revealed by Isabelle Fardoux-Jouve, departmental advisor, delegate for gender equality and the fight against discrimination, on November 21, 2024 and they will respectively receive €5,000 for the 1st prize, €3,000 for the 2nd and €2,000 for the 3rd.
1er prix pour Puppet Sporting Club
Associations applying must carry out a project taking place in the Gard region, and which works to combat violence against women and give them a helping hand. Support for the winners takes the form of financial support to help carry out the projects and sponsorship for innovative action.
The jury, chaired by Isabelle Fardoux-Jouve, after meeting for two hours with partners from varied backgrounds who work on sexual and sexist violence, women's rights, intra-marital violence, etc., retained unanimously Puppet Sporting Club in Vigan for skillful solidarity, secondly the Association La Clède in Alès for the briefcase for the verbalization of violence against women, and thirdly the Maison des Women from Gard to Nîmes for female genital mutilation and transfer of skills.
The objective of the 1st is to act on the mechanisms of domination at work in harassment and violence against women as close as possible to young people, by combining in situ puppets and mediation on harassment. The project involves adolescents in middle and high schools and outside school hours in awareness-raising workshops and participatory creations..
The tool kit raises awareness to fight against violence against women around verbs to act, words that allow us to break silence. The 3rd allows the development of the “Female Genital Mutilation” care pathway within the Gard women’s home. The associations not selected will have support from the structures and are associated with the annual meetings.
Do prevention
It is fashionable to ask ourselves how to change society so as not to reach this point and to instigate new projects. We must give young people tools to stop cyber-harassment. Women's Day is all year round and the fight will be won when we no longer need to mount operations, declared Isabelle Fardoux-Jouve. A competition which is starting to be well publicized and which is affecting more and more candidates.
Many initiatives are put in place around November 25 to fight against violence against women.
