Big demonstrations in Paris over the murder of women
There is nothing passionate about it
AURÉLIE, AGED 50; Justine, 20; Martine, 64; Safia, 35; Denise, 58; Monique, 72; Aminata, 31. The names on the placards, carried by tens of thousands of protesters through the streets of Paris and other cities on November 23rd, were those of women murdered by their partners in France so far this year. Strangled, stabbed, suffocated, shot or beaten to death, the victims now total 138. The grim phenomenon, which campaigners call féminicide, has long been under-reported and poorly handled in France. The government now recognises the country’s “collective failure” on the matter.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “In cold blood”
Europe November 30th 2019
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