Interior Minister Christophe Castaner revealed that confinement has resulted in an increase in domestic violence. Asked about France 2, he said that " in the gendarmerie zone ", this violence increased by " 32% in one week ", and by " 36% in one week " in the area of the Paris police headquarters.
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To combat this scourge, an alert system for women victims of violence by their spouses will be set up in pharmacies, during this period of confinement, announced the minister, still on France 2.
Give the alert
To allow women victims to call for help, Christophe Castaner explained that with the national order of pharmacists it was decided to set up a system within pharmacies to alert the police. " In the pharmacy, when the woman who can be beaten goes without her husband, " she must "be able to raise the alarm, " he said.
Instructions will be given so that the police can " intervene urgently ", he said, ensuring that the fight against domestic violence was " a priority ".