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Unfailing support for most vulnerable women or in disability situation. Friday December 13, 2024, the association Solidarity House Women 95 inaugurated its premises at n°12 avenue des Béguines in Cergy (Val-d'Oise) A suspended moment. “It’s a day that goes down in the history of the department,” insists Marie-Ange Bourgeois, the president of the association whose statutes were symbolically deposited on March 8, International Women’s Rights Day.

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Maison Solidarité Femmes 95 fills the cruel gap in structures dedicated to the cause of women since the closure, in November 2023, of the association On the women's side. Response to an emergency. In 2022, 118 women were killed by their partner or ex-partner in France. “Femicides are a social phenomenon that we are struggling to eradicate,” says the president. We must continue the fight.”

To wage this constant battle against violence against women, the association can now count on spacious and modern premises. “A refuge where women can find listening and security” and “where they can regain self-confidence”. In a word: rebuild yourself.

“This project was born from a conviction: that every woman deserves to live with dignity and respect. Violence against women is a systemic reality,” says Mariam Baraka, the founding director of Maison Solidarité Femmes 95.

“This initiative brings hope and emancipation,” judge Jean-Paul Jeandon, Ps president of the Cergypontaine agglomeration. Cergy-Pontoise and the City of Cergy have long stood alongside women. This territory is not an island that would not experience an increase in violence against women. These premises are a concrete response to building a world where no woman will be left alone in the face of adversity. »

Maison Solidarité Femmes 95. 12, avenue des Béguines, Cervier 2 building, Cergy Saint-Christophe. Such. : Tel: 01 85 77 01 00.

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