'You're waiting until I get killed': plight of France's domestic abuse victims refused refuge
In recent weeks voluntary groups who help victims of domestic violence in France have been obliged to refuse some women a place in safe accommodation. This follows directives issued by state prefectures around the country. These orders, which have been seen by Mediapart, instruct these help groups to cut back on the amount of emergency hotel accommodation that they can offer women in need. Audrey Guiller and Nolwenn Weiler report.
Audrey Guiller
and Nolwenn Weiler
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IsIs the fight against domestic violence really still this presidency's great cause? The current plight of abused women who are seeking places of refuge would suggest otherwise. The plight, for example, of one 20-year-old woman who has been the victim of violence on several occasions. First of all she was beaten by her brother-in-law who struck her when she tried to protect her sister. Later her father shoved her down the stairs, angry that she had intervened when he was hitting his own partner.
