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France promotes new measures against sexist violence

  • March 7, 2023
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the day before International Women’s DayFrance has announced plan to fight with gender violence and stand for equality. Measures range from tougher penalties for serial rapists to reimbursement

France promotes new measures against sexist violence

the day before International Women’s DayFrance has announced plan to fight with gender violence and stand for equality. Measures range from tougher penalties for serial rapists to reimbursement for menstrual hygiene products. The plan will have a budget of “several hundred million euros“, says EFE.

Prime Minister of France Elizabeth Bornput forward the main elements of the plan for the period 2023-2027, which will be formalized tomorrow, March 8before the Council of Ministers and will involve various departments of the government Emmanuel Macron.

judicial field

Born intends to increase from 20 to 30 years punishment for rapists serially. It also announced the creation of two specialized commissions. The first, the High Council for Equality between Women and Men, will provide comprehensive care to victims of sexual violence. The second will aim at better detection of victims and their aggressors in authoritative contextwhether in business, politics, sports or public service, says France TV Info.

Jail

Another novelty is a creation similar to what already exists in Spainfrom file with information about perpetrators of violence sex, as well as its victims, so that the authorities can react quickly, taking into account new attacks. In the same vein, the Prime Minister confirmed the possibility of issuing protection orders within 24 hours to help protect victims of violence and their children more quickly.

On the other hand, the Macron government, inspired by the structures that exist in Spain, will create specialized units V domestic violence in courts and courts of appeal, which will have judges previously trained and trained with gender perspective to resolve criminal and civil cases.

Finally, to provide assistance to women victims of sexist and sexual violence, Bourne announced the creation medical and social institutionsupported by a hospital center in each of the departments of France.

Sphere of work

One of the pillars of the plan is to make better use of “occupational equality index”, which companies with more than 50 employees are required to submit from 2020. This index aggregates indicators for wage gap between men and women, the difference in speed individual increases, parity among the top 10 highest paid salaries, among others.

Based on the scores obtained for these indicators, punctuation up to 100 points. The Prime Minister’s Plan is for companies that are not transparent about these metrics or that present bad resultsthey will not be able to participate in open auction as of 2027.

health field

The service was expected Social Security countries will reimburse the costs of reusable menstrual management products for persons under 25 years of age, as well as women in the state social insecurity. Expenses female condoms they will also be covered by the health authorities.

EFE

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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