121 women have been killed in France since the beginning of 2022. What's Happening in France?
According to a report published by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research, a woman is killed every 2 days in the country. What is going on in France, a founding member of the European Union and the United Nations?
The latest figures in the femicide report prepared by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research (Insee) together with the French Ministry of Justice have been announced.
According to the report prepared by the statistics institute; A total of 121 women have been murdered in France since the beginning of 2022. In the country where one woman is killed every two days, 86 of the women killed were attacked in their own homes, while 54 were killed due to an armed attack, violent relationship or separation.
According to the report, 63 of the women who lost their lives were killed along with their mothers and 6 with their children. It was recorded that 2 of the women killed were 5 and 8 months pregnant.
While 129 children were orphaned due to the femicides committed in France in 2022, the mothers of 36 children were murdered in front of their eyes. Since the beginning of the year in France, 30 women have committed suicide due to violence, 11 women have attempted suicide.
94,000 Women are Sexually Assaulted Every Year in France
According to the data of the survey conducted with 25 thousand female participants in the big cities of France, it was recorded that one out of every two women was sexually assaulted. As a result of the research data, an average of 94,000 women were raped or attempted rape every year across the country.
In France, 113 women died in 2021, 102 in 2020, 153 in 2019, 123 in 2018, 143 in 2017 and 131 in 2016.
This is among the records of violence against women in France, where opposition to Islam has increased in recent years. According to the records kept, 75 percent of anti-Islamic attacks target women. About 80 percent of women with disabilities are also victims of violence.