This Wednesday, November 25 is the international day for the elimination of violence against women. Anti-rapprochement bracelet, reinforced individual support for perpetrators of violence, or training, the Picto-Charente lands are trying to innovate to avoid new tragedies.
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“My ex-companion transgressed all the prohibitions“, testifies this victim of domestic violence. In recent months, her daily life has changed.
Her former spouse must now wear an anti-reconciliation bracelet. “This device effectively keeps him at a distance“, she admits relieved.
Training, enhanced individual support, …. Like this bracelet, other measures have been put in place to prevent violence against women in the departments of the former Poitou-Charentes region.
Especially in Angoulême, selected like five other jurisdictions to experiment with the anti-rapprochement bracelet.
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This triggers an alert system when the violent companion or ex-companion gets too close to the victim.
“Unlike the Grave Danger Telephone (TGD) where the victim must give the alert, here it is the perpetrator of the acts of violence who carries the device. The charge is reversed“, says Isabelle Decosterd, director of France Victime 16.
The anti-rapprochement bracelet tested in Angoulême to prevent violence against women
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The Charente jurisdiction currently has three copies.
A number “sufficient“for the moment, because the bracelet complements the TGD estimates Isabelle Decosterd:” CEach device must adapt to a situation, stick to the existing one.“
Trainings to put words on dramas
But to prevent this violence, training is necessary. “You have to learn to put your feelings into words before anger turns into physical violence.“, insists Françoise Petit, animator for family planning in Vienne.
“In general, men have difficulty expressing their feelings and emotions. However, it is from these discomforts that violence can arise later.“
In addition to its work with schools, colleges and high schools, family planning in Vienne also works with professionals and in particular carers.
Doctors are used to prescribing, they are taught to listen “
Doctors, nurses, psychologists are sometimes helpless when a patient testifies to the violence she endures. “Doctors are used to prescribing, they are taught to listen“, reports Françoise Petit, planning coordinator.
She recommends always asking patients if they are victims of violence: “Too many people have told us they wanted to talk to their doctor about their situation, but couldn’t find the time.“
Listening without guilt or judgment. “We must tell the victims that we believe them. They have sometimes already told their story to a third party who did not believe them. And above all, we must avoid guilty speeches. The victim is never guilty.“
In Saintes, a system for monitoring perpetrators of violence
For over a year, the Saintes prosecutor’s office has created a personalized monitoring system for perpetrators of domestic violence.
