Last year, 93 women were victims of feminicide, 319 victims of attempted feminicide and 773 victims of harassment by a spouse or ex-spouse leading to suicide or attempted suicideor 1,185 female victims in total, according to this annual report.
This is the first time that Miprof has included victims of “forced suicide” in its overall count, an offense entered into the penal code in 2020, a request made by feminist associations who called for a complete overview of violence against women.
In total, “this represents more than three women per day who are victims of direct feminicides or attempted feminicides, such as murders or assassinations, or indirect ones such as suicides or attempted suicides.underlined Julie Caillet, project manager at the National Observatory of Violence Against Women, which depends on Miprof.
“Only feminicides within couples”
“However, this figure only takes into account feminicides within the couple and does not take into account all feminicides”she said during a presentation of the report in Paris. “But it is important to remember that feminicides are gender crimes which aim to directly or indirectly kill women and girls, precisely because they are women and girls, regardless of their relationship with the perpetrator.”
In 2023, law enforcement recorded 3,405 offenses for sexist and sexual outrageor 19% more than in 2022, we can also read in the report.
And 230,000 adult women declared having been victims of sexual violence, the equivalent of the population of the city of Lille. These women are between 18 and 24 years old in almost 60% of cases.
“This violence is upsetting, unacceptable and unspeakablewe will continue to mobilize, our struggle must never end”declared the Minister of Health Geneviève Darieussecq at the opening of the conference.
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