The Women's Foundation announced this Friday, April 17, having raised in less than a month nearly two million euros to help associations supporting women victims of violence and in particular finance temporary relocation solutions and food aid.
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" It was an unprecedented mobilization of citizens, patrons and partner companies which made it possible to set up concrete solutions for containment, " explained the Women's Foundation in a press release, stating that " 100 % of the donations collected are returned to the field associations as soon as possible ”.
Launched on March 25, this “ emergency ” collection called #Toutesolidaires was able to provide 122 associations with financial or logistical support (computers, hydroalcoholic gel) to be able to continue their listening and support activities during confinement, it is stated.
"The urgency is to help women to leave home"
Period particularly at risk for women and children victims of violence, confinement has led to a 40% increase in police interventions at home, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
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" Associations are also increasingly sought after, " AFP spokesperson for the Foundation said, calling on "to keep giving " because " the urgency is to be able to help women from home." them ".
Some 40,000 overnight stays have been financed through partnerships with Accor, which makes hotel rooms available to associations throughout France, and with property developer Gecina, which has made 70 rooms available in a university residence in the region. Parisian. " Ten days after the start of the partnership, half of the rooms in the university residence are already occupied, " said the spokesperson.
The government, through Secretary of State Marlène Schiappa, said on Thursday that it had funded " up to 20,000 hotel nights, in addition to the usual places in shelters, to enable women in need of help. 'to flee from being able to be accommodated, not to end up on the street '.
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