Skip to player
Skip to main content
Skip to footer
Search
Connect
Watch fullscreen
Like
Bookmark
Share
Add to Playlist
Report
Femicide in France: Why does the country lag behind on gender violence measures?
FRANCE 24 English
Follow
9/1/2023
Visit our website:
http://www.france24.com
Like us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English
Follow us on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/France24_en
Category
🗞
News
Transcript
Display full video transcript
00:00
Joining us on the program is Annette Young, the host of the 51% France 24's
00:04
women's show that is returning on Friday after a summer break. Annette, just give
00:09
us a sense of context here because huge numbers in terms of femicide here in
00:13
France but it's actually neighboring Spain which has become sort of the
00:17
leader as it were in terms of how you deal with this. Indeed and it all goes
00:22
back Gavin to the Zapatero socialist government back in 2004, that's nearly
00:26
20 years ago now, where they were ahead of the bell curve if you like and
00:31
introduced these extraordinary laws about dealing with gender violence to
00:35
the point that France is now looking towards Spain as a you know a role
00:40
model. For instance they set up a separate court dealing with gender
00:44
violence cases and this is really important because what it does is
00:47
immediately change the dynamic as such by emphasizing the victims rights. For
00:53
instance the victim and the perpetrator were never together or never together
00:56
in the same room. It also helps to fast-track various cases because the
01:01
problem here in France is a lot of these gender violence court cases take a long
01:06
time to be processed because they caught up within the bulk of the you know the
01:10
normal court system as such. But also like France sadly Spain has seen a
01:16
notable spike in femicides this year but as a result its current socialist-led
01:22
government is studying proposals that would permit authorities to inform women
01:28
who are victims of domestic violence of their partners previous convictions. In
01:32
other words alerting women to the fact that you know the person they're
01:37
involved with has either been in court or face penalties as such. It's also
01:42
called on courts and prosecutors to step up the use of electronic bracelets to
01:47
help protect women whose former partners are object to restraining orders and of
01:52
course as we know femicides are more than ever carried out by either partners
01:57
or ex-partners. But to give you some context as to why Spain is leading the
02:01
way and to the point that it is now one of the top 15 countries in terms of its
02:07
gender rights policies we headed there a couple of years ago because we want to
02:13
know why. How is it in less than 50 years a country went from being under a decades
02:20
of fascist dictatorship and also a very traditional Catholic country to now being
02:24
seen as a global leader and a lot of it has to do when we spoke to women there
02:29
was that the feminist movement saw this as an opportunity during the 1970s to
02:35
move very quickly and to get governments and local authorities to address
02:41
feminism as part of policymaking.
Recommended
1:46
|
Up next
Another mass drug-facilitated rape case roils France
FRANCE 24 English
3/19/2025
14:06
'Verdict shakes French society to its core: Shifting judicial focus on actions of perpetrators'
FRANCE 24 English
12/20/2024
1:48
Thousands in France rally in support of mass rape victim, call for end to violence against women
FRANCE 24 English
9/15/2024
2:07
Frenchman on trial for mass rape of wife to testify Wednesday
FRANCE 24 English
9/10/2024
10:16
Justice eludes victims of sexual violence: 1% of rape cases in France 'result in a conviction'
FRANCE 24 English
11/25/2024
7:07
Across the globe, 'at least one in three women have been victims of sexual violence'
FRANCE 24 English
12/16/2024
12:24
'The idea of the respectable family man has really been dented'
FRANCE 24 English
12/19/2024
2:01
Pelicot children, women's rights groups slam 'too lenient' sentences for co-defendants
FRANCE 24 English
12/19/2024
1:34
Frenchman on trial for mass rape of sedated wife due back in court
FRANCE 24 English
9/16/2024
8:55
Will the Pelicot mass rape trial prompt major change in France?
FRANCE 24 English
11/28/2024
1:58
French woman says uncovering of mass rape trauma 'saved her life'
FRANCE 24 English
9/5/2024
9:21
Mass rape trial in France 'reminds us that rape is a crime of domination of men against women'
FRANCE 24 English
11/20/2024
1:40
In France, two thirds of rapes occur in private homes, as highlighted by a historic mass rape trial
FRANCE 24 English
10/23/2024
0:35
Funeral begins in France for Philippine, 19-year-old student, killed in the Bois de Boulogne
FRANCE 24 English
9/27/2024
12:47
Activists hope mass rape trial brings about change in French society
FRANCE 24 English
9/11/2024
1:43
Brazil gang rape: Police arrest two men, confirm teenager was raped
FRANCE 24 English
5/31/2016
6:46
Rape case that has shocked France ‘raises questions for consent laws, health system’
FRANCE 24 English
9/4/2024
6:09
Sexual harassment at work: the strategies to fight it
FRANCE 24 English
3/24/2025
2:04
Frenchman on trial for mass rape of wife back in court
FRANCE 24 English
9/11/2024
1:47
Who are the other defendants in the Pelicot trial?
FRANCE 24 English
9/18/2024
1:29
French mass rape trial prosecutors demand maximum sentence for Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband
FRANCE 24 English
11/25/2024
8:51
'Gisele Pelicot a symbol for the world in shifting shame onto perpetrators', expert says
FRANCE 24 English
9/17/2024
7:41
'Strange logic' surrounding sexuality & rape: 'This won't happen' if husband's needs are fulfilled
FRANCE 24 English
11/20/2024
1:39
Brazil: two men arrested over horrific 16-year-old girl gangrape
FRANCE 24 English
5/31/2016
1:23
European police reopen 46 cold cases in effort to identify women's remains
FRANCE 24 English
10/8/2024