This survey was conducted in response to the Documentary of Marie Portolano’s journalist on sexism in sports writing. One of the witnesses was Amaia Cazenave, a rugby specialist in the radio group.
Le Monde with AFP
Radio France announced, on Friday, October 29, two layoffs and three layoffs with a suspension of salary after a survey conducted in the radio group in response to the documentary of Journalist Marie Portolano on sexism in sports writing.
“These actions are part of the continuity of the work initiated in 2019 and which will continue to implement a zero tolerance against any situation of sexual harassment, sexist agitation, discrimination in the business, “said the radio radio in a statement, after revealed the findings of the report of an investigation presented as external and independent.
In detail, it is “eleven disciplinary procedures committed”, including “four blames, three layoffs with salary suspension and two layoffs”.
Tolerance “on a daily basis” of “Serious situations and behaviors”
Based on 80 interviews, the conclusions of this survey, in particular, testified to a “very hard work atmosphere justifying stress, violence and sexism”, by jokes, gestures and other disbinding attitudes, of a Tolerance “on a daily basis” of “situations and serious behaviors” in various services.
If no precision has been given on the identity of the persons concerned, the drafting in question are in particular those of France BLUE BASQUE COUNTRY and the national writing of sports in Paris.
One of the journalists who had testified in I am not a slut, I am a journalist, the documentary of Marie Portolano, was Amaia Cazenave, a rugby specialist on Radio France and now assistant leader of the sports pole in Paris. She detailed the misogyne environment she had suffered.
Two times, she recalled in the world in March, she alerted the fight against discrimination – as well as its management and the Human Resources Directorate (HRD), independently. Without result probing the first time, then “without going to the end”, that is to say without claiming the triggering of an investigation, for lack of confidence in his interlocutor, the second time.
Other young women, “cdette” as they are called between them, have shared similar situations. After reporting to the listening cell of moral harassment, degrading comments or sexist acts, they felt “abandoned”.
Canal +, where M me Sport had also launched internal investigations in March following the documentary broadcasting. Pierre Ménès, Channel’s “Canal Football Club” chronicler accused of sexual assault, had left the chain after finding a financial agreement in July. He has since returned to RMC.