Abad case: what is the Observatory of gender-based and sexual violence in politics?

The Abad affair continues to shake the government, which has barely been named.

A few hundred people marched on Tuesday in the streets of Paris to demand the resignation of the new Minister of Solidarity, Damien Abad, accused of rape and sexual violence by two women – which he disputes.

At the origin of this mobilization?

The Observatory of gender-based and sexual violence in politics.

And, it is this same Observatory which launched the first alert in mid-May after receiving the report of a woman claiming to have suffered "acts of rape" by the former president of the LR group in the National Assembly.

Who is at the origin of this Observatory?

What personalities make it up?

What are its missions?

takes stock.

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Contrary to what its name suggests, the Observatory of sexist and sexual violence in politics is not an official institution but an association law 1901. It was created in February after the publication…

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