The objectives are to report, denounce facts and file a complaint if necessary; inform and educate the population; make parents responsible for the scourges of our society (alcohol, drugs, violence); and network, in order to develop contacts for more efficiency. “It is to unite our voices in the face of silence” wrote the ELIANA collective.
Once a month, the collective meets “to work on cases and make collegial decisions about actions to be taken”. In Reunion, 4,000 children are said to be victims of sexual violence within the family unit, assured the Eliana collective in front of the cameras of Réunionla1ère.
According to the figures, one in ten French people would be, or have been, a victim of incest. There would be between two and three children per class victims of incest. This figure would be much higher in Reunion, according to the organizations. Reasons why, the Metooinceste974 Facebook page aims to “lifting the taboo on incest in Reunion is a first step for this violence to stop”.
Moreover, the hashtag #MeTooInceste emerged on social networks last January. Thousands of victims’ testimonies were then published on social networks. This liberation of the word on incest comes in reaction to Camille Kouchner’s book, “The Big Family”.
The latter tells how her twin brother was raped at the age of 13, by their stepfather, the political scientist Olivier Duhamel. Acts known to all, but kept silent for many years within the family.
In Reunion, the Eliana collective wants incest “be considered a crime”. The collective denounces today “misunderstood and too lenient court decisions”. The collective demands greater severity in the sentences.
The collective is named after the little girl, Eliana, from Saint-André. Aged 2, Eliana died in 2018 under the blows of her stepfather. The girl should have been placed in a placement two weeks before her death, just like her 8 month old brother. For the collective, “Elianna is the symbol of a dysfunctional, failing and outdated child protection system in Reunion Island”.
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