Domestic violence: “These cases must be judged in a specific way”, recommends the Minister for Gender Equality – franceinfo

“Slapping your wife has nothing to do with stealing a laptop from a store. You have to question this act and give it an immediate response.” Cases of violence against women must be judged “in a specific way”, recommends, Sunday, September 4, the Minister Delegate for Equality between Women and Men. Isabelle Rome speaks in an interview with the Sunday newspaper, while Elisabeth Borne announced on Friday the creation at the end of September, for a period of six months, of a parliamentary mission responsible for making proposals to improve judicial treatment. marital violence. This mission will be entrusted “to parliamentarians from different groups, responsible for first drawing up an assessment, since there are already 123 emergency treatment channels in the 164 courts of the country”, specifies Isabelle Rome in Le JDD. “Within six months, they will formulate recommendations” and “with Elisabeth Borne and Eric Dupond-Moretti, we will also be able to draw inspiration from models like Spain or Quebec”, she adds. Asked by Le JDD about the possible creation of a category of magistrates, the Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister replied that she did not “want[t] not anticipate the conclusions of the mission”. “At a minimum, we must continue to train all the judges and prosecutors likely to deal with this type of case. In particular on the notion of influence, even of coercive control”, adds Isabelle Rome. She notes that the withdrawals of parental authority from the perpetrator of domestic violence “are pronounced more and more often: 411 for the first semester alone 2022, compared to 75 in 2017”. “We must put an end to this old pattern according to which a violent spouse can be a good father”, she says again. “We must also question the violence of the perpetrators and provide specific support to the victims. “, continues the Minister Delegate, who announces the launch of a “new start pack”. “A kind of one-stop shop, experienced in several sites, to provide all the necessary support to victims and help them take flight: mobilization social assistance, access to training, help with returning to work, emergency accommodation or psychiatric support”, she explains. However, she is not announcing an increase in the budget allocated to “this large cause” renewed for the quinquennium. “The billion euros that the associations are asking for, we are there”, defends Isabelle Rome, who achieves this result by putting “end to end all the sums that the ministries devote to it”. However, specialized associations still denounce a lack of funding. “The will without means is an announcement effect. Saying that it is important but not finding the money to solve the problem is not consistent”, mocked Franceinfo on Friday Anne-Cécile Mailfert, president of the Women’s Foundation.