Solidarity against violence: seen and heard - women raise their voices!

Solidarity against violence: seen and heard - women raise their voices!

A strong sign against violence on women was set in Gramatneusiedl on December 4, 2024. The association Kassandra, which is organized by the SPÖ local organization and Mayor Thomas Schwab, was supported in a charity punch, which is committed to women in difficult situations. This was done as part of the international campaign "16 days against violence", which draws attention to the still tabooed topics of patriarchal acts of violence. In Austria, every third woman is affected by physical and/or sexual violence, with alarming statistics on female and violence against women in 2024. By November 19, 26 female and 39 attempts to murder were reported, which underlines the urgency of such events, such as Meinverbäck reported.

Gisèle Pelicot and the process that shook France

In France, a social outcry broke out during the trial against Dominique Pelicot, which is accused, to have raped and humiliated his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot for a decade. The cruel details that came to light during the procedure not only found resonance in France, but were also followed worldwide. Gisèle Pelicot appeared courageously to tell her story and called on other victims of sexual violence to raise and speak. Your words "Shame must change the side" put a powerful impulse for the urgently needed change in the perception of sexual violence. According to Der Spiegel Make central issues such as approval and the reality of rape to the center.

The heartbreaking experiences of Gisèle Pelicot and the accompanying protests of numerous activists have re -lived up to discussion about sexual violence. They also call for a clear legal regulation to anchor the need for explicit agreement in sexual acts - an important step on the way to a fairer treatment of victims. The judgments in this hidden justice are expected to fall on December 20, whereby the public prosecutor's office demands the maximum prison sentence of 20 years for the main accused.