In addition to subsidizing 20,000 nights of hotel accommodations, the French government will also set up about 20 counseling centers in grocery stores
France will move domestic-violence victims into hotels as assaults spike amid coronavirus lockdowns. Photo: GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images The French government has pledged to move victims of domestic violence into hotels while the country remains on coronavirus lockdown. It’s one of a few new measures intended to help people isolated with their abusers as reports of in-home assaults spike.
France’s Gender Equality Minister, Marlène Schiappa, announced Monday that, in addition to subsidizing 20,000 nights of hotel accommodations, the government would also set up about 20 counseling centers in grocery stores. Since March 17, the French have only been allowed outside to make necessary grocery and pharmacy runs, to seek medical attention, or for exercise.
France already has a high domestic-abuse rate, particularly compared to other European countries, and according to Reuters, Schiappa has previously identified the current situation as a “breeding ground for violence.” Right now, she is reportedly looking “to multiply the points of contact with women. As it’s difficult for women to get out, we want to make sure that support systems can go to women.
In addition to setting up counseling centers and providing for emergency housing, the French government also put €1 million toward organizations combating domestic abuse, to better equip them for escalated demand. And according to Le Parisien, the country is also using a system introduced in Spain’s Canary Islands, where victims can alert a pharmacist to domestic violence by asking for a “Mask 19,” a code word indicating they should call the police.
Of course, this problem is not confined to France: Domestic-violence reports are surging in many countries where people are cloistered inside due to the coronavirus. With about 80 percent of U.S. residents currently being asked or ordered to stay home, police departments nationwide are fielding dramatic surges in domestic-abuse reports.
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