"
Violence is not inevitable
": defenders of women's rights hope to mobilize en masse this Saturday, in the streets of Paris and many other cities in France, to say "
stop
" to gender and sexual violence, and "
demand public policies up to the task
”against this scourge. “
Impunity must end. Equality education must become a priority
”, insists the call to demonstrate, carried by the feminist collective
#NousToutes
and about sixty associations, unions and political parties, two years after the“
Grenelle
”against domestic violence .
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The right of women to "
live free from violence
" is "
flouted every day in an indifference that stuns us
", further affirm the initiators of these parades, organized ahead of the international day against violence against women, the November 25.
The means deployed against violence against women and "
feminicides
" are "
derisory
", despite the progress recorded since the "
Grenelle
" at the end of 2019, deplores in turn Marylie Breuil, of the feminist collective
#NousToutes
.
In Paris, where the demonstration had attracted 100,000 people two years ago according to the demonstrators (35,000 according to the police), the procession could again mobilize tens of thousands of demonstrators, according to the organizers.
Departure is scheduled for 2 p.m. Place de la République, direction Nation.
With these demonstrations, the activists hope to “
cry out their anger
”, but also to challenge the candidates for the presidential election and “
denounce the gap
” between the “
speeches (of the public authorities) and the reality
”, affirmed to AFP Marylie Breuil.
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In France, some 220,000 women are victims of violence and 94,000 are raped each year, notes #NousToutes.
And since January 1, 101 women have been killed by their spouses, according to the count of the collective "
Feminicides by companion or ex
".
For the whole of 2020, the figure had reached 102 murders of women, and 146 in 2019, according to the Interior Ministry.
Yannick Jadot and Anne Hidalgo expected in the procession
The Parisian march on Saturday is to be opened by young people, high school and college students, and will include a procession of families of murder victims. Several personalities are announced, including the presidential candidates Yannick Jadot, Anne Hidalgo and Philippe Poutou, or the actresses Sandrine Bonnaire - herself a former victim of domestic violence - and Muriel Robin, who played on TF1 Jacqueline Sauvage, sentenced for having killed her abusive husband.
For the first time, a “
Christian procession
”, carried by “
Christian feminist and LGBTQIA organizations
”, announced that it would take part in the Parisian procession, “
around the victims of gender-based and sexual violence in our Churches
”.
"
The Christian institutions are numerous to lead violent fights to impose discriminating stereotypes
" and a "
hierarchy of sexualities
", points out this collective.