Equality is not an option, it is a right! Today, all across France, a demonstrat

Equality is not an option, it is a right!

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

The numbers are alarming:

- 160,000 children are victims of incest or sexual violence every year, that is 438 children per day, yes, per day!

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

- 3 children per class are victims of #sexualviolence;

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

- 1,283 women were victims of (attempted) femicides within couples, 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 vaginas, 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."

This is not about wanting to take power, or 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 direction as women, people with vaginas, matters greatly in moving things forward. And you, what do you do every day to challenge the norms around you?