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Sexual and gender-based violence: political parties lagging behind

2022-09-27T19:12:46.185Z


INVESTIGATION - As accusations of sexual violence against politicians multiply, as the recent Quatennens and Bayou cases show, the parties are trying to put in place structures to deal with these issues. With more than mixed success.


Cases follow each other and carry all the parties in their wake.

Adrien Quatennens (LFI) and Julien Bayou (EELV) for the most recent but also the cases Abad (ex-LR), Peyrat (LREM), Santini (UDI), Bilde (RN), Bouhafs (LFI), Coquerel (LFI) ... Accusations of harassment and sexual violence have multiplied in recent years against politicians.

And almost all shades of the chessboard are concerned.

“The media coverage of sexist and sexual violence has evolved in favor of women in recent years,

says Mérabha Benchikh, doctor in sociology and teacher-researcher specializing in politics.

The media and public treatment of certain complaints against elected officials, candidates or political leaders, has more visibility.

However, these cases testify to the difficulty of taking sexual violence into account in this environment.

In addition to being extremely variable according to the parties.

“There are disparities in the action plans…

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Source: lefigaro

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