Equality is not an option, it’s a right!

Today, the demonstration took place all across France to urge the government to take responsibility in order to #protect children and women, people with a vagina.

The figures are alarming:

- 160,000 children are victims every year of incest or sexual violence, i.e. 438 children a day, yes, a day!

- a child is a victim of rape or sexual assault every 3 minutes;

- 3 children per class are victims of #sexual violence;

- only 3% of perpetrators in cases of sexual violence (97% men) are convicted. That figure drops to 1% in incest cases. (source: https://www.vie-publique.fr)

- 1,283 women were victims of (attempted) femicides within the couple, direct or indirect, in 2024.

- 376,000 women aged 18 and over in 2023 were victims of physical, verbal or psychological and/or sexual violence within the couple. (source: https://arretonslesviolences.gouv.fr)

We, #women, people with a vagina, have just as much right to feel safe as men do. Inequalities are still far too great. That is why #feminism has every place in our society. Amnesty International defines #feminism as "the belief that women have the right to political, economic and social equality. Feminism works to ensure that women can fully enjoy their rights, on the same footing as men."

It is not about wanting to take power, to be above men, it is about having the same rights so that we can truly live in harmony and as equals.

Each of our voices, each of our daily actions in this regard as women, people with a vagina, matters greatly in moving the lines. And you, what do you do every day to dismantle things around you?