12.6 women per 1,000 inhabitants victims of domestic violence in the Alpes de Haute-Provence

– Alpes de Haute-Provence –

This is a first in the Alpes de Provence. A first departmental meeting on the judicial treatment of domestic violence. This day is the initiative of the new center specializing in the fight against this scourge, a center set up since January 1 within the Digne-les-Bains judicial court. It brings together the magistrates interested in this question.

But today, within the courthouse, all the professionals in the department who work on domestic violence will be brought together, law enforcement, association, department. The objective is to allow professionals to get to know each other and understand their constraints in order to improve the legal response provided.

12.6 women per 1,000 inhabitants victims of domestic violence

You should know that according to the latest figures from the Ministry of the Interior published this week, in 2023 in the Alpes de Haute-Provence there were 12.6 women victims of domestic violence per 1,000 inhabitants. An increase of 11% in one year.

Direct victims, but others are indirect: children. The subject of their protection will be at the heart of the day this Friday. Alexandrine Vieitez, Magistrate responsible for family affairs acting as a children's judge, is Coordinator of the unit combating family violence. This domestic violence has impacts, sometimes into adulthood, for these children.