“However, this figure only takes into account feminicides within couples and does not allow all feminicides to be taken into account,” she clarified during a conference to present the report, this Tuesday in Paris. . “However, 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.”
230,000 women reported being victims of sexual violence in 2023
In 2023, law enforcement recorded 3,405 offenses for sexist and sexual outrage, or 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 unspeakable, we will continue to mobilize, our fight must never end,” declared the Minister of Health, Geneviève Darrieussecq, at the opening of the conference.
“We know how difficult it is for victims to ask for help, to speak but also how difficult it is to lend an ear,” declared Paul Christophe, Minister for Equality between Women and men, in a video message broadcast on this occasion. Insisting on the importance of actors on the ground, he estimated that “this fight does not tolerate a drop in [notre] attention”, a few days before the planned announcement of a new battle plan against violence against women.
MAIN DATA FOR 2023 CONCERNING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Femicides
In 2023, 115 domestic homicides were recorded by security forces – 93 of these victims were women and 22 men. Furthermore, 319 women were victims of attempted femicide within the couple.
“Forced suicides”
In 2023, the police and gendarmerie services recorded 890 victims who attempted suicide or committed suicide following harassment from their (ex-)spouse, compared to 759 in 2022, 684 in 2021 and 229 in 2020. Among these 890 victims, 87% were women, or 773.
Sexual violence
More than 110,000 victims of sexual violence (rape, sexual assault, sexual assault, sexual harassment, voyeurism, sexual exhibition, sexual exploitation, etc.) were recorded by the police and the gendarmerie in 2023. In 85% of cases, the victim was a woman, adult or minor.
An overwhelming majority (96%) of the 68,621 accused of sexual violence were men.
Domestic violence
In 2023, more than 270,000 victims of violence committed by their partner or ex-partner were recorded by the security forces. Of all the victims, 85% were women.
Sexist outrages
In 2023, 3,405 offenses for sexist and sexual outrage were recorded by the police and gendarmerie services in France, i.e. 19% more than in 2022. Since 2020, the number of recorded sexist and sexual outrages has multiplied by 2.3.
Judicial consequences
Concerning domestic violence, the public prosecutor's office handled the cases of more than 130,000 people involved, nearly 9 out of 10 of whom were men. Of these 130,000 people, 58,960 (91% men) were the subject of a procedure opened before an investigating judge or were prosecuted directly in court. Nearly half of the cases were dismissed.
With regard to sexual violence committed outside the couple, proceedings have been initiated against more than 18,000 people involved – or 30% of the total people involved. For seven out of ten defendants, the case was closed without further action.
Vulnerable people
Prosecutors handled the cases of 1,834 people implicated in cases of gender-based and sexual violence against vulnerable people due to their age, illness, impairment or even economic vulnerability.
Children co-victims
Some 6,500 children who are co-victims of violence within a couple have been identified by “119”, the national number for children in danger.
Accommodation
The accommodation stock dedicated to welcoming women victims of violence and their children more than doubled (+ 109%) between 2017 and 2023, going from 5,00 to 10,666 places.
Serious danger phones
As of September 2, 2024, 4,972 serious danger telephones, which allow law enforcement to be alerted and immediately intervene in the event of activation by the victim, were active in the territory. An increase of 19% since 2022 and 55% since 2021.
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