France announced Monday a new campaign to combat violence against women, including raising awareness about the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse, as the country reckons with a mass rape trial that has shocked the public.
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A protester holds a flare and a placard reading "Justice" during a demonstration organised by the feminist collective "Les Amazones d'Avignon" in support of Gisele Pelicot near Avignon courthouse on the sidelines of the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, southern France, on November 25, 2024. French prosectors said on November 25, 2024, they were seeking the maximum 20-year jail term for the man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife, in a trial that has shaken France. -- Photo: Christophe Simon / AFP
2024-11-26 10:28:37
France announced Monday a new campaign to combat violence against women, including raising awareness about the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse, as the country reckons with a mass rape trial that has shocked the public.
Equality Minister Salima Saa unveiled a raft of initiatives two days after tens of thousands of people staged new demonstrations in French cities against violence targeting women, where protesters denounced government actions as "window-dressing".
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