Gender-based and sexual violence: a guide published for public employers

Provoke a "

": this is the aim of a guide published Friday, November 25 by the Ministry of the Public Service, which aims to raise public employers' awareness of gender-based and sexual violence and to better collect reports from victims.

The room for improvement is immense: since 2018, barely a hundred sanctions (from a simple warning to dismissal) are pronounced each year against state civil servants for gender-based and sexual violence.

Women represent nearly six out of ten agents in the state civil service, which employs around 2.5 million people.

Preventing and punishing sexual violence

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”, we recognize within the administration, which promises “

” for gender-based and sexual violence.

Since a law of 2019, public employers are obliged to provide a reporting system for moral harassment, discrimination and sexist and sexual violence.

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But so far, “

”, argues the ministry.

The low number of reports and sanctions also shows "

".

Hence the idea of ​​this guide published on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and sent to employers in the three sectors of the public service (State, territorial, hospital).

This manual is structured in two parts: the first seeks to define precisely what gender-based and sexual violence is, the second to prevent and punish it, in addition to supporting the presumed victims and the people involved.

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", says the Ministry of the Public Service.

An assessment of the national network of sexist and sexual violence referents, and of its territorial network, must in particular be drawn up.