Adrien Taquet salutes the courage of all those who bear witness to the rapes and sexual violence suffered during their childhood and the devastation caused on their daily lives. Thousands of women and men share their suffering for a change in society.
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Faced with the urgent need to act, so that this change of society is possible, the President of the Republic announced the first strong measures which will make it possible without delay to better protect our children from an early age by informing them and offering them real opportunities to express yourself.
Victims will now be able to benefit from fully supported psychological support.
Two screening and prevention visits will be developed at primary and secondary level throughout the territory
The Keeper of the Seals and Adrien Taquet also initiate a consultation on Monday in order to deepen the avenues that will strengthen the law to better punish the authors and that it is no longer possible to hear that a child consents to a relationship. sex with an adult.
As he committed to in December 2020, Adrien Taquet asked Edouard Durand, vice-president in charge of the functions of children’s judges at the Bobigny Judicial Court and Nathalie Mathieu, General Director of the Doctors Bru association, specializing in reception of children victims of incest, to constitute a multidisciplinary team which will lead a concerted initiative. This accompanies the concrete implementation of these announcements and extends them.
To this end, as soon as possible, Adrien Taquet asks them to organize a support system for victims’ voices to be heard, allowing guidance and support, in conjunction with the associations and structures concerned.
This body will also have the mission of exploring in more detail the subjects that are still largely taboo such as the protection of children with disabilities, and to carry out in-depth work to make social change possible, in particular
• Training of professionals who work with children
• Victimization surveys and research, particularly epidemiological, on sexual violence against minors in addition to existing work
• Increased awareness of children at school from an early age in close collaboration with Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports
• Prevention programs in all areas frequented by children and adolescents, with tools adapted to their age
• Identification in all places frequented by minors, for the earliest possible treatment
• Support and support for victims and relatives to speak out, to facilitate referral of victims to assistance systems
Adrien Taquet declares “It is time to respond to the urgency of change but also to break with the denial and the silence on which our society is partly built”.
Secretary of State to the Minister of Solidarity and Health, in charge of children and families
Office of Mr. Adrien TAQUET
Email: [email protected]
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