Activists call attention to 'France's shame' - high domestic violence rates
France has one of Europe’s highest domestic violence rates, and now that’s getting highlighted with a wildcat graffiti campaign in Paris and elsewhere
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In this Nov. 8 2019 photo, Sarah stands next to slogan reading “Their hate, our dead” in Paris. Under cover of night, activists have glued slogans to the walls of buildings to draw attention to domestic violence, a problem French President Emmanuel Macron has called “France’s shame.”
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this Oct. 31 2019 photo, Mathilde, 31, a jewelry student from Marseille, poses for a portrait in Paris. Mathilde experienced domestic violence when she was 21. Ten years later, she finally took back control of her life. Pasting is for her the way not to be a victim anymore and take back control of her fear.
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this photo taken in the early hours of Monday Nov. 4, 2019, from left to right, Pauline, Clivia, France and Lea paste a slogan on a fountain reading “ Femicides : guilty state, accomplice justice” in central Paris. About 300 women across France pasted slogans at the same time overnight from Sunday to Monday on courthouses in 27 different French cities to denounce the alleged inaction of the French government and demanding justice about femicides.
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this Nov. 7 2019 photo, Lea, 22, a fashion student from Angouleme has her hands covered in paint after repairing a damaged slogan in Paris. France, a country that has prided itself on gender equality, is beginning to pay serious attention to its yet-intractable problem of domestic violence. This year alone, at least 130 women have been killed by their current or former partners, anti-domestic violence groups say. Activists have pasted signs all over Paris to pressure authorities to do more to help victims, whom they say law enforcement too often fail to protect.
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this Oct. 24 2019, photo, Maya, 19, a student in psychology from Versailles poses for a portrait in Paris. After living with domestic violence with her past boyfriend, Maya needed to find a way to give a meaning to her life. By pasting some slogans in the street, she found the strength not to be afraid anymore.
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this Nov. 8 2019 photo, Julie, 30, a PHD in History of Art from Nantes poses for a portrait in Paris. Tired by the inaction of the French government, pasting slogans is for Julie an easy way to be an activist and gives her some empowerment. Activists have pasted signs all over Paris to pressure authorities to do more to help victims of domestic violence, whom they say law enforcement too often fail to protect.
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this Nov. 8 2019 photo, Sarah, 23, a stylist from Paris poses for a portrait in Paris. Sarah felt privileged over other women because she never experienced any form of violence. For Sarah, the time has come for action rather than words. Activists have pasted signs all over Paris to pressure authorities to do more to help victims of domestic violence, whom they say law enforcement too often fail to protect.
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this Oct. 23 2019, file photo a woman paints some signs before pasting them on buildings in the streets of Paris. Under cover of night, activists have glued them to the walls to draw attention to domestic violence, a problem French President Emmanuel Macron has called “France’s shame.”
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this Nov. 4 2019 photo, Lea, Pauline and Clivia, from left, walk past a slogan they recently pasted on walls of the Palais de Justice courthouse reading “ Femicides : guilty state, accomplice justice” in Paris.
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this Oct. 23, 2019 photo, Maya, 19, a psychology student from Versailles holds her phone showing a map of Paris as she explains how the women of the movement divided Paris into five different pasting zones. Activists have pasted signs all over Paris to pressure authorities to do more to help victims of domestic violence, whom they say law enforcement too often fail to protect.
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this Oct. 23 2019 photo, a woman paints some slogans against domestic violence in the stairwell of a building in Paris. Domestic violence rates in France are higher than those in many other European countries, and activists say authorities often fail to protect women.
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this Oct. 31, 2019 photo, the word “violence” is pasted onto a wall by a group of women in a dark street in Paris. In Paris and cities across France, the signs are everywhere. “Complaints ignored, women killed” and “She leaves him, he kills her,” they read in black block letters pasted over stately municipal buildings. Under cover of night, activists have glued them to the walls to draw attention to domestic violence, a problem French President Emmanuel Macron has called “France’s shame.”
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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In this Nov. 3 2019, photo a group of women walk down a staircase after a meeting before pasting slogans on walls and edifices on the streets in Paris. In Paris and cities across France, the signs are everywhere. “Complaints ignored, women killed” and “She leaves him, he kills her,” they read in black block letters pasted over stately municipal buildings. Under cover of night, activists have glued them to the walls to draw attention to domestic violence, a problem French President Emmanuel Macron has called “France’s shame.”
Kamil Zihnioglu Associated Press
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FILE - In this Oct.19, 2019 file photo, women hold placards with the names of women killed by their partners, during a protest, in Paris. France, a country that has prided itself on gender equality, is beginning to pay serious attention to its yet-intractable problem of domestic violence.
Thibault Camus Associated Press
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A poster reads “Feminicide, less speeches, more money” in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. France, a country that has prided itself on gender equality, is beginning to pay serious attention to its yet-intractable problem of domestic violence.
Francois Mori Associated Press
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Police officers attend a training on how to respond to complaints of domestic violence, in the Paris suburb of Les Mureaux, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. The training was the first specific training on domestic violence that the officers had received since police school, and it comes amid increased efforts by the French government and activists to address a problem French President Emmanuel Macron has called “France’s shame.”
Francois Mori Associated Press
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Posters read “Delphine, 33, strangled by her husband Reanud. Their four children were present. 115th feminicide” in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. France, a country that has prided itself on gender equality, is beginning to pay serious attention to its yet-intractable problem of domestic violence.
Francois Mori Associated Press
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