This increase was 40% during the first containment. The Minister for Citizenship explains this difference in particular by “the looming economic and social crisis”.
Le Monde avec AFP
The online sexual and gender-based violence reporting platform recorded a 60% increase in calls from victims during the second confinement compared to normal, Marlène Schiappa announced on Saturday, January 9.
“Even if (the second confinement) was less rigorous than the first, we observe paradoxically that it recorded more reports, “said the Minister for Citizenship in an interview posted on the Parisien . “This increase was 40% last spring”, during the first confinement, recalled Ms. Schiappa.
The minister explains this difference by “the economic and social crisis looming” and “a level of extremely high tension since this fall with fewer pressure relief valves for people who had to stay at home. “
20,000 reports in two years
Launched in fall 2018, the platform arretonslesviolences.gouv.fr, made up of a police site in Guyancourt (Yvelines) and a gendarmerie site in Rennes, has handled “more than 20,000 cats” in two years, Marlène Schiappa reported last November.
These agents, listening to victims who may remain anonymous, can direct them to a police station or a gendarmerie brigade for filing a complaint or, in case of refusal, to specialized associations. If an immediate threat hangs over the person, a police patrol can be sent to intervene on the spot.
In matters of domestic violence, there is also a dedicated telephone line, 3919, managed by the National Federation. Solidarités femmes (FNSF).