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From Paris to Marseille, rallies against violence against women in the middle of the Mazan trial
“Shame must change sides”: from Paris to Marseille, thousands of people – many women but also men – marched on Saturday to demand a “start” against violence against women, against a backdrop of shock waves provoked by the extraordinary trial of the Mazan rapes.”The more we are, the more visible we will be, it’s everyone’s business, not just women”, says Peggy Plou, local elected official from Inde-et-Loire interviewed in the capital within of a procession of several thousand people, mostly women, where we also meet a number of children and men.”With the Mazan trial, we see that shame must change sides”, she adds on the subject of the case with international resonance judged in Avignon, where around fifty men are accused of having raped Gisèle Pelicot while she was unconscious, drugged without her knowledge by her husband.”A metro every two minutes, rape every seven minutes”, denounces a sign in the parade that left the Gare du Nord towards Bastille. “A law on consent must be put in place very quickly. It’s not because we don’t say anything that we agree,” argues Marie-Claire Abiker, 78, retired nurse. “It’s the first time I’ve come. There are never enough to defend rights”, comments Marguerite de Verdun, 37 years old, photo agent, who came with her two and a half year old son: “It is important that my son participates in the evolution of thoughts. It can be done from a very young age.” – “All a role” -In Marseille, some 800 people, according to the police headquarters, gathered in the Old Port, with similar slogans: “Let’s break the law of silence, shame changes sides” or “No means no”. “I feel concerned, we all have a role to play, men in particular”, observes Arnaud Garcette, 38, who works in helping development “We are at the source of the problem and at the source of the solutions too,” adds the one who came with his two children. A little further on, a woman carries a sign where she has crossed out the phrase “protect your daughters”. to highlight the slogan “Educate your sons”. In Lille, more than 800 people gathered for a dancing event, to the sound of Beyoncé, Clara Luciani or Aretha Franklin “In 2018, we were almost just people. women. Today there are, let’s say, 30% men. This is really very good news,” rejoiced Amy Bah, member of #NousToutes. In Rennes, some 200 people braved a light rain to join this annual mobilization organized two days before the International Day of Struggle. against violence against women – sexual, physical, psychological or economic violence – “Pieced up” legislation -The call comes from more than 400 organizations (Women’s Foundation, Family Planning, #Noustoutes…) and personalities (Angèle, Judith Godrèche and Vanessa Springora…). Unions, including the CGT and the CFDT, have joined in. paltry and declining”, deplore the signatories, calling for a “judgment”. In November 2017, Emmanuel Macron made equality between women and men a “great cause of the five-year term”. A number emergency call, 3919, for women victims of violence and their entourage, has been established as well as serious danger telephones and anti-reconciliation bracelets in particular. Measures welcomed by the associations which however consider them insufficient. “Today we are very worried about the financing of associations,” says Sarah Durocher, president of Family Planning. The associations are demanding a total budget of 2.6 billion euros per year and a “comprehensive framework law” for replace current legislation that they consider “fragmented and incomplete”. The Secretary of State for Gender Equality Salima Saa promised “concrete and effective measures” for November 25. These measures will aim, among other things, to “improve the mechanisms for reaching out” to victims, particularly in rural areas, to strengthen “the reception and care of victims” via “training of front-line actors”, a- she clarified. burs-jdy/alu/mpm
