More than 139,000 women did, that year, the subject of violence on the part of their spouse or former spouse.
Le Monde with AFP
Police and gendarmerie services have seen a 10% increase in domestic violence in 2020, announced the Statistical Service of the Ministry of the Interior, Monday, November 22. That year, they concerned 159,400 people, whose vast majority are women (139,200, 87%).
Departmental figures do not account for homicides or femicides. In 2020, 102 women were killed by their spouse or former spouse.
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