100,000 women victims in Haute-Garonne

100,000 women are victims of domestic violence in Haute-Garonne. A scourge that the Department has decided to tackle head on.

Six. This is the number of feminicides recorded in Haute-Garonne between 2022 and 2023. Over the same period, 100,000 women have been victims of physical or sexual violence within the couple in the department, or one in six. Worrying data that has just been revealed the Departmental Observatory of Violence Against Women (ODVF).

Support for women victims of domestic violence

Created in 2021 and co-led by the Department and the prefecture of the Occitanie and Haute-Garonne region, it “aims to strengthen prevention and improve the path to recovery from violence for victims and their children”. And this, based on a collection of data. “It is an essential tool to better understand and collectively combat this violence, allowing us to adjust our responses to this unacceptable reality,” said Pierre-André Durand, prefect of the Occitanie and Haute-Garonne region. Already, the OVFF has put in place “ violence detection and support tools which made it possible to free the victims' voices,” said Sébastien Vincini, president of the Department.

Among them: the violenceometer, the wheel of power and control and the cycle of violence which “allows the behavior of the aggressors to be identified, and the victims to become aware of the dynamics at work in domestic violence”, but also devices such as good taxis created by the OVDF which takes care of emergency transport for women victims of domestic violence in Haute-Garonne. Between July 2023 and June 2024, more than 130 trips were ensured to allow them to meet a social worker, file a complaint or access the Medical-Judicial Unit.

Besides, 1 627 women over 15 years old were taken into care for domestic violence, an increase of 11% compared to 2022. Likewise, 5 284 women were welcomed in 2023 by nine specialized associations, an increase of 13% compared to the previous year, and 3 000 by the Solidarity Houses which provide reception, assessment and support missions for victims and their children. And 288 women were relocated. This represents an increase of 13% compared to the previous year.