Domestic abuse: ‘Over half of sexual violence happens in relationships’ • FRANCE 24 English [Video]

A women’s rights group here in France has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the need for change once the court case that has shocked France and world is over. In the mass rape case, Gisèle Pelicot was drugged and raped by her husband, who also invited more than 50 other men via the internet to do the same while he filmed what went on. Elsa Labouret from Osez le féminisme! (Dare to be a feminist!) said that while the ongoing trial is shocking and disgusting, she and her team deal with many of the same issues on a weekly basis. “It’s showing a lot of things that we’ve known for a long time about violence against women”, Labouret said, pointing out that “over half of sexual violence happens in relationships”.

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